Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Turn

Turn (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Turned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Turning.] [OE. turnen, tournen, OF. tourner, torner, turner, F. tourner, LL. tornare, fr. L. tornare to turn in a lathe, ...

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Turn (2)

Turn (?), v. i. 1. To move round; to have a circular motion; to revolve entirely, repeatedly, or partially; to change position, so as to face differently; to whirl or wheel roun...

5781

Turn (3)

Turn (?), n. 1. The act of turning; movement or motion about, or as if about, a center or axis; revolution; as, the turn of a wheel.2. Change of direction, course, or tendency; ...

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Turn (4)

Turn (?), v. t. To make a turn about or around (something); to go or pass around by turning; as, to turn a corner.The ranges are not high or steep, and one can turn a kopje inst...

5783

Turn-buckle

Turn″–buc′kle (?), n.(Mech.) (a) A loop or sleeve with a screw thread at one end and a swivel at the other, — used for tightening a rod, stay, etc. (b) A gravitating catch, as f...

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Turn-out

Turn″–out′ (?), n.; pl.Turn-outs (�). 1. The act of coming forth; a leaving of houses, shops, etc.; esp., a quitting of employment for the purpose of forcing increase of wages; ...

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Turn-sick

Turn″–sick′ (?), a. Giddy. Bacon.

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Turn-sick (2)

Turn″–sick′, n.(For.) A disease with which sheep are sometimes affected; gid; sturdy. See Gid.

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Turnbroach

Turn″broach′ (?), n. A turnspit. “ One that was her turnbroach.” Beau. & Fl.

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Turnbull's blue

Turn″bull's blue′ (?). (Chem.) The double cyanide of ferrous and ferric iron, a dark blue amorphous substance having a coppery luster, used in dyeing, calico printing, etc. Cf. ...

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Turncoat

Turn″coat′ (?), n. One who forsakes his party or his principles; a renegade; an apostate.He is a turncoat, he was not true to his profession. Bunyan.

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Turndown

Turn″down′ (?), a. 1. Capable of being turned down; specif. (Elec.), designating, or pertaining to, an incandescent lamp with a small additional filament which can be made incan...

5791

Turnep

Tur″nep (?), n.(Bot.) See Turnip.

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Turner

Turn″er (?), n. 1. One who turns; especially, one whose occupation is to form articles with a lathe.2. (Zoöl.) A variety of pigeon; a tumbler.

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Turner (2)

‖Tur″ner (?), n. A person who practices athletic or gymnastic exercises.

5794

Turnerite

Tur″ner‐ite (?), n. [So called from the English chemist and mineralogist, C. H. Turner.] (Min.) A variety of monazite.

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Turnery

Turn″er‐y (?), n. [Cf. F. tournerie.] 1. The art of fashioning solid bodies into cylindrical or other forms by means of a lathe.2. Things or forms made by a turner, or in the la...

5796

Turney

Tur″ney (?), n. & v. Tourney. Chaucer. “In open turney.” Spenser. Milton.

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Turnhalle

‖Turn″hal′le (?), n. [G., from turnen to exercise gymnastics + halle hall.] A building used as a school of gymnastics.

5798

Turnicimorphæ

‖Tur′ni‐ci‐mor″phæ (?), n. pl. [NL. See Turnix, and -morphous.] (Zoöl.) A division of birds including Turnix and allied genera, resembling quails in appearance but differing fro...

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Turning

Turn″ing (?), n. 1. The act of one who, or that which, turns; also, a winding; a bending course; a fiexure; a meander.Through paths and turnings often trod by day. Milton.2. The...

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Turningness

Turn″ing‐ness, n. The quality of turning; instability; tergiversation. Sir P. Sidney.

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Turnip

Tur″nip (?), n. [OE. turnep; probably fr. turn, or F. tour a turn, turning lathe + OE. nepe a turnip, AS. nǣpe, L. napus. Cf. Turn,v. t., Navew.] (Bot.) The edible, fleshy, roun...

5802

Turnip-shell

Tur″nip–shell″ (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any one of several large, thick, spiral marine shells belonging to Rapa and allied genera, somewhat turnip-shaped.

5803

Turnix

Tur″nix (?), n. [NL., fr. L. coturnix a quail.] (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of birds belonging to Turnix or Hemipodius and allied genera of the family Turnicidæ. These b...

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Turnkey

Turn″key′ (?), n.; pl.Turnkeys (�).1. A person who has charge of the keys of a prison, for opening and fastening the doors; a warder.2. (Dentistry) An instrument with a hinged c...

5805

Turnover

Turn″o′ver (?), n. 1. The act or result of turning over; an upset; as, a bad turnover in a carriage.2. A semicircular pie or tart made by turning one half of a circular crust ov...