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- English Word Turning Definition Deviation from the way or proper course.
- English Word Turning Definition Turnery, or the shaping of solid substances into various by means of a lathe and cutting tools.
- English Word Turning Definition The pieces, or chips, detached in the process of turning from the material turned.
- English Word Turning Definition A maneuver by which an enemy or a position is turned.
- English Word Turning Definition of Turn
- English Word Turningness Definition The quality of turning; instability; tergiversation.
- English Word Turnip Definition The edible, fleshy, roundish, or somewhat conical, root of a cruciferous plant (Brassica campestris, var. Napus); also, the plant itself.
- English Word Turnip-shell Definition Any one of several large, thick, spiral marine shells belonging to Rapa and allied genera, somewhat turnip-shaped.
- English Word Turnix Definition Any one of numerous species of birds belonging to Turnix or Hemipodius and allied genera of the family Turnicidae. These birds resemble quails and partridges in general appearance and in some of their habits, but differ in important anatomical characteristics. The hind toe is usually lacking. They are found in Asia, Africa, Southern Europe, the East Indian Islands, and esp. in Australia and adjacent islands, where they are called quails (see Quail, n., 3.). See Turnicimorphae.
- English Word Turnkey Definition A person who has charge of the keys of a prison, for opening and fastening the doors; a warder.
- English Word Turnkey Definition An instrument with a hinged claw, -- used for extracting teeth with a twist.
- English Word Turnkeys Definition of Turnkey
- English Word Turnover Definition The act or result of turning over; an upset; as, a bad turnover in a carriage.
- English Word Turnover Definition A semicircular pie or tart made by turning one half of a circular crust over the other, inclosing the fruit or other materials.
- English Word Turnover Definition An apprentice, in any trade, who is handed over from one master to another to complete his time.
- English Word Turnover Definition Admitting of being turned over; made to be turned over; as, a turnover collar, etc.
- English Word Turnpike Definition A frame consisting of two bars crossing each other at right angles and turning on a post or pin, to hinder the passage of beasts, but admitting a person to pass between the arms; a turnstile. See Turnstile, 1.
- English Word Turnpike Definition A gate or bar set across a road to stop carriages, animals, and sometimes people, till toll is paid for keeping the road in repair; a tollgate.
- English Word Turnpike Definition A turnpike road.
- English Word Turnpike Definition A winding stairway.
- English Word Turnpike Definition A beam filled with spikes to obstruct passage; a cheval-de-frise.
- English Word Turnpike Definition To form, as a road, in the manner of a turnpike road; into a rounded form, as the path of a road.
- English Word Turnpiked Definition of Turnpike
- English Word Turnpiking Definition of Turnpike
- English Word Turnplate Definition A turntable.
- English Word Turnsole Definition A plant of the genus Heliotropium; heliotrope; -- so named because its flowers are supposed to turn toward the sun.
- English Word Turnsole Definition The sunflower.
- English Word Turnsole Definition A kind of spurge (Euphorbia Helioscopia).
- English Word Turnsole Definition The euphorbiaceous plant Chrozophora tinctoria.
- English Word Turnsole Definition Litmus.