Obs. rare. Also 6 turgion. [a. F. tordion, OF. tourdion, -eon, deriv. of tord-re to twist.] A lively dance, said to be of the nature of a galliard; ‘a round’ (Cotgrave).
1531. Elyot, Gov., I. xx. We haue nowe base daunsis, bargenettes, pauions, turgions, and roundes.
1549. Compl. Scot., vi. 6. Base dansis, pauuans, galȝardis, turdions, braulis and branglis, buffons, vitht mony vthir lycht dancis.
