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Turn
n.
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A pit sunk in some part of a drift.
Turn
n.
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A court of record, held by the sheriff twice a year in every hundred within his county.
Turn
n.
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Monthly courses; menses.
Turn
n.
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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 /.
Turnbroach
n.
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A turnspit.
Turn-buckle
n.
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A loop or sleeve with a screw thread at one end and a swivel at the other, -- used for tightening a rod, stay, etc.
Turn-buckle
n.
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A gravitating catch, as for fastening a shutter, the end of a chain, or a hasp.
Turnbull's blue
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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.
Turncoat
n.
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One who forsakes his party or his principles; a renegade; an apostate.
Turnep
n.
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See Turnip.
Turner
n.
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One who turns; especially, one whose occupation is to form articles with a lathe.
Turner
n.
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A variety of pigeon; a tumbler.
Turner
n.
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A person who practices athletic or gymnastic exercises.
Turnerite
n.
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A variety of monazite.
Turnery
n.
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The art of fashioning solid bodies into cylindrical or other forms by means of a lathe.
Turnery
n.
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Things or forms made by a turner, or in the lathe.
Turney
n. & v.
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Tourney.
Turnhalle
n.
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A building used as a school of gymnastics.
Turnicimorphae
n. pl.
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A division of birds including Turnix and allied genera, resembling quails in appearance but differing from them anatomically.
Turning
n.
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The act of one who, or that which, turns; also, a winding; a bending course; a fiexure; a meander.
Turning
n.
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The place of a turn; an angle or corner, as of a road.
Turning
n.
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Deviation from the way or proper course.
Turning
n.
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Turnery, or the shaping of solid substances into various by means of a lathe and cutting tools.
Turning
n.
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The pieces, or chips, detached in the process of turning from the material turned.
Turning
n.
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A maneuver by which an enemy or a position is turned.
Turningness
n.
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The quality of turning; instability; tergiversation.
Turnip
v. t.
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The edible, fleshy, roundish, or somewhat conical, root of a cruciferous plant (Brassica campestris, var. Napus); also, the plant itself.
Turnip-shell
n.
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Any one of several large, thick, spiral marine shells belonging to Rapa and allied genera, somewhat turnip-shaped.
Turnix
n.
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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.
Turnkeys
pl.
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of Turnkey