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  • English Word Turn Definition A pit sunk in some part of a drift.
  • English Word Turn Definition A court of record, held by the sheriff twice a year in every hundred within his county.
  • English Word Turn Definition Monthly courses; menses.
  • English Word Turn Definition An embellishment or grace (marked thus, /), commonly consisting of the principal note, or that on which the turn is made, with the note above, and the semitone below, the note above being sounded first, the principal note next, and the semitone below last, the three being performed quickly, as a triplet preceding the marked note. The turn may be inverted so as to begin with the lower note, in which case the sign is either placed on end thus /, or drawn thus /.
  • English Word Turn-buckle Definition A loop or sleeve with a screw thread at one end and a swivel at the other, -- used for tightening a rod, stay, etc.
  • English Word Turn-buckle Definition A gravitating catch, as for fastening a shutter, the end of a chain, or a hasp.
  • English Word Turn-out Definition The act of coming forth; a leaving of houses, shops, etc.; esp., a quitting of employment for the purpose of forcing increase of wages; a strike; -- opposed to lockout.
  • English Word Turn-out Definition A short side track on a railroad, which may be occupied by one train while another is passing on a main track; a shunt; a siding; a switch.
  • English Word Turn-out Definition That which is prominently brought forward or exhibited; hence, an equipage; as, a man with a showy carriage and horses is said to have a fine turn-out.
  • English Word Turn-out Definition The aggregate number of persons who have come out, as from their houses, for a special purpose.
  • English Word Turn-out Definition Net quantity of produce yielded.
  • English Word Turn-outs Definition of Turn-out
  • English Word Turn-sick Definition Giddy.
  • English Word Turn-sick Definition A disease with which sheep are sometimes affected; gid; sturdy. See Gid.
  • English Word Turnbroach Definition A turnspit.
  • English Word Turnbull's blue Definition The double cyanide of ferrous and ferric iron, a dark blue amorphous substance having a coppery luster, used in dyeing, calico printing, etc. Cf. Prussian blue, under Prussian.
  • English Word Turncoat Definition One who forsakes his party or his principles; a renegade; an apostate.
  • English Word Turned Definition of Turn
  • English Word Turnep Definition See Turnip.
  • English Word Turner Definition One who turns; especially, one whose occupation is to form articles with a lathe.
  • English Word Turner Definition A variety of pigeon; a tumbler.
  • English Word Turner Definition A person who practices athletic or gymnastic exercises.
  • English Word Turnerite Definition A variety of monazite.
  • English Word Turnery Definition The art of fashioning solid bodies into cylindrical or other forms by means of a lathe.
  • English Word Turnery Definition Things or forms made by a turner, or in the lathe.
  • English Word Turney Definition Tourney.
  • English Word Turnhalle Definition A building used as a school of gymnastics.
  • English Word Turnicimorphae Definition A division of birds including Turnix and allied genera, resembling quails in appearance but differing from them anatomically.
  • English Word Turning Definition The act of one who, or that which, turns; also, a winding; a bending course; a fiexure; a meander.
  • English Word Turning Definition The place of a turn; an angle or corner, as of a road.