slovodefinícia
turne
(msasasci)
turne
- tour
podobné slovodefinícia
turned
(mass)
turned
- otočený, otočil
turner
(mass)
turner
- sústružník
food turner
(encz)
food turner, n:
leave no stone unturned
(encz)
leave no stone unturned,
nocturne
(encz)
nocturne,nokturno
overturned
(encz)
overturned,převrácený adj: Zdeněk Brož
pancake turner
(encz)
pancake turner, n:
returned
(encz)
returned,vrácený adj: Zdeněk Brožreturned,vrátil v: Zdeněk Brož
returned exports and imports
(encz)
returned exports and imports,
returnee
(encz)
returnee,navrátilec n: Zdeněk Brož
returner
(encz)
returner,vracející se osoba n: Zdeněk Brožreturner,žena po mateřské Zdeněk Brož
the tide turned
(encz)
the tide turned,
turned
(encz)
turned,obrácený adj: Zdeněk Brožturned,otočený adj: Zdeněk Brožturned,otočil v: Zdeněk Brož
turned on
(encz)
turned on, adj:
turned out
(encz)
turned out, adj:
turner
(encz)
turner,soustružník n: Zdeněk Brož
turners
(encz)
turners,obracecí vzduchové tyče na jednotlivé pásy papíru - rotační
ofsetový tisk n: [tech.] polygrafický výraz Pavlína Kalašová (Jenofefa)
turnery
(encz)
turnery, n:
unturned
(encz)
unturned,neobrácený jak168
upturned
(encz)
upturned, adj:
well-turned
(encz)
well-turned,ladný adj: PetrV
Agarum Turneri
(gcide)
Sea colander \Sea" col"an*der\ (Bot.)
A large blackfish seaweed (Agarum Turneri), the frond of
which is punctured with many little holes.
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Nocturne
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Nocturne \Noc*turne"\, n. [F. See Nocturn.] (Mus.)
A night piece, or serenade. The name is now used for a
certain graceful and expressive form of instrumental
composition, as the nocturne for orchestra in Mendelsohn's
"Midsummer-Night's Dream" music.
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Overturned
(gcide)
Overturn \O`ver*turn"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overturned; p. pr.
& vb. n. Overturning.]
1. To turn or throw from a basis, foundation, or position; to
overset; as, to overturn a carriage or a building.
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2. To subvert; to destroy; to overthrow.
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3. To overpower; to conquer. --Milton.
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Syn: To demolish; overthrow. See Demolish.
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Overturner
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Overturner \O`ver*turn"er\, n.
One who overturns. --South.
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Returned
(gcide)
Return \Re*turn"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Returned; p. pr. & vb.
n. Returning.] [OE. returnen, retournen, F. retourner;
pref. re- re- + tourner to turn. See Turn.]
1. To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or
condition. "Return to your father's house." --Chaucer.
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On their embattled ranks the waves return. --Milton.
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If they returned out of bondage, it must be into a
state of freedom. --Locke.
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Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
--Gen. iii.
19.
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2. To come back, or begin again, after an interval, regular
or irregular; to appear again.
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With the year
Seasons return; but not me returns
Day or the sweet approach of even or morn. --Milton.
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3. To speak in answer; to reply; to respond.
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He said, and thus the queen of heaven returned.
--Pope.
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4. To revert; to pass back into possession.
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And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the
kingdom return to the house of David. --1Kings xii.
26.
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5. To go back in thought, narration, or argument. "But to
return to my story." --Fielding.
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Returner
(gcide)
Returner \Re*turn"er\, n.
One who returns.
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Sturnella magna
(gcide)
meadowlark \meadowlark\, meadow lark \meadow lark\n. (Zool.),
Any species of Sturnella, a genus of North American
songbirds allied to the starlings. The common species
(Sturnella magna) has a yellow breast with a black
crescent.

Syn: lark.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] Meadowsweet
To be turned of
(gcide)
Turn \Turn\ (t[^u]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Turned (t[^u]rnd);
p. pr. & vb. n. Turning.] [OE. turnen, tournen, OF.
tourner, torner, turner, F. tourner, LL. tornare, fr. L.
tornare to turn in a lathe, to round off, fr. tornus a lathe,
Gr. to`rnos a turner's chisel, a carpenter's tool for drawing
circles; probably akin to E. throw. See Throw, and cf.
Attorney, Return, Tornado, Tour, Tournament.]
1. To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to
give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to
move round, either partially, wholly, or repeatedly; to
make to change position so as to present other sides in
given directions; to make to face otherwise; as, to turn a
wheel or a spindle; to turn the body or the head.
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Turn the adamantine spindle round. --Milton.
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The monarch turns him to his royal guest. --Pope.
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2. To cause to present a different side uppermost or outmost;
to make the upper side the lower, or the inside to be the
outside of; to reverse the position of; as, to turn a box
or a board; to turn a coat.
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3. To give another direction, tendency, or inclination to; to
direct otherwise; to deflect; to incline differently; --
used both literally and figuratively; as, to turn the eyes
to the heavens; to turn a horse from the road, or a ship
from her course; to turn the attention to or from
something. "Expert when to advance, or stand, or, turn the
sway of battle." --Milton.
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Thrice I deluded her, and turned to sport
Her importunity. --Milton.
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My thoughts are turned on peace. --Addison.
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4. To change from a given use or office; to divert, as to
another purpose or end; to transfer; to use or employ; to
apply; to devote.
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Therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto
David. --1 Chron. x.
14.
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God will make these evils the occasion of a greater
good, by turning them to advantage in this world.
--Tillotson.
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When the passage is open, land will be turned most
to cattle; when shut, to sheep. --Sir W.
Temple.
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5. To change the form, quality, aspect, or effect of; to
alter; to metamorphose; to convert; to transform; -- often
with to or into before the word denoting the effect or
product of the change; as, to turn a worm into a winged
insect; to turn green to blue; to turn prose into verse;
to turn a Whig to a Tory, or a Hindu to a Christian; to
turn good to evil, and the like.
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The Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and have
compassion upon thee. --Deut. xxx.
3.
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And David said, O Lord, I pray thee, turn the
counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness. --2 Sam. xv.
31.
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Impatience turns an ague into a fever. --Jer.
Taylor.
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6. To form in a lathe; to shape or fashion (anything) by
applying a cutting tool to it while revolving; as, to turn
the legs of stools or tables; to turn ivory or metal.
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I had rather hear a brazen canstick turned. --Shak.
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7. Hence, to give form to; to shape; to mold; to put in
proper condition; to adapt. "The poet's pen turns them to
shapes." --Shak.
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His limbs how turned, how broad his shoulders spread
! --Pope.
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He was perfectly well turned for trade. --Addison.
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8. Specifically:
(a) To translate; to construe; as, to turn the Iliad.
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Who turns a Persian tale for half a crown.
--Pope.
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(b) To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle, etc.: as,
to turn cider or wine; electricity turns milk quickly.
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(c) To sicken; to nauseate; as, an emetic turns one's
stomach.
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9. 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 instead of cutting or tunneling through it.
--James Bryce.

To be turned of, to be advanced beyond; as, to be turned of
sixty-six.

To turn a cold shoulder to, to treat with neglect or
indifference.

To turn a corner,
(a) to go round a corner.
(b) [Fig.] To advance beyond a difficult stage in a
project, or in life.

To turn adrift, to cast off, to cease to care for.

To turn a flange (Mech.), to form a flange on, as around a
metal sheet or boiler plate, by stretching, bending, and
hammering, or rolling the metal.

To turn against.
(a) To direct against; as, to turn one's arguments against
himself.
(b) To make unfavorable or hostile to; as, to turn one's
friends against him.

To turn a hostile army, To turn the enemy's flank, or the
like (Mil.), to pass round it, and take a position behind
it or upon its side.

To turn a penny, or To turn an honest penny, to make a
small profit by trade, or the like.

To turn around one's finger, to have complete control of
the will and actions of; to be able to influence at
pleasure.

To turn aside, to avert.

To turn away.
(a) To dismiss from service; to discard; as, to turn away
a servant.
(b) To avert; as, to turn away wrath or evil.

To turn back.
(a) To give back; to return.
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We turn not back the silks upon the merchants,
When we have soiled them. --Shak.
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(b) To cause to return or retrace one's steps; hence, to
drive away; to repel. --Shak.

To turn down.
(a) To fold or double down.
(b) To turn over so as to conceal the face of; as, to turn
down cards.
(c) To lower, or reduce in size, by turning a valve,
stopcock, or the like; as, turn down the lights.

To turn in.
(a) To fold or double under; as, to turn in the edge of
cloth.
(b) To direct inwards; as, to turn the toes in when
walking.
(c) To contribute; to deliver up; as, he turned in a large
amount. [Colloq.]

To turn in the mind, to revolve, ponder, or meditate upon;
-- with about, over, etc. " Turn these ideas about in your
mind." --I. Watts.

To turn off.
(a) To dismiss contemptuously; as, to turn off a sycophant
or a parasite.
(b) To give over; to reduce.
(c) To divert; to deflect; as, to turn off the thoughts
from serious subjects; to turn off a joke.
(d) To accomplish; to perform, as work.
(e) (Mech.) To remove, as a surface, by the process of
turning; to reduce in size by turning.
(f) To shut off, as a fluid, by means of a valve,
stopcock, or other device; to stop the passage of; as,
to turn off the water or the gas.

To turn one's coat, to change one's uniform or colors; to
go over to the opposite party.

To turn one's goods or To turn one's money, and the like,
to exchange in the course of trade; to keep in lively
exchange or circulation; to gain or increase in trade.

To turn one's hand to, to adapt or apply one's self to; to
engage in.

To turn out.
(a) To drive out; to expel; as, to turn a family out of
doors; to turn a man out of office.
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I'll turn you out of my kingdom. -- Shak.
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(b) to put to pasture, as cattle or horses.
(c) To produce, as the result of labor, or any process of
manufacture; to furnish in a completed state.
(d) To reverse, as a pocket, bag, etc., so as to bring the
inside to the outside; hence, to produce.
(e) To cause to cease, or to put out, by turning a
stopcock, valve, or the like; as, to turn out the
lights.

To turn over.
(a) To change or reverse the position of; to overset; to
overturn; to cause to roll over.
(b) To transfer; as, to turn over business to another
hand.
(c) To read or examine, as a book, while, turning the
leaves. "We turned o'er many books together." --Shak.
(d) To handle in business; to do business to the amount
of; as, he turns over millions a year. [Colloq.]

To turn over a new leaf. See under Leaf.

To turn tail, to run away; to retreat ignominiously.

To turn the back, to flee; to retreat.

To turn the back on or

To turn the back upon, to treat with contempt; to reject or
refuse unceremoniously.

To turn the corner, to pass the critical stage; to get by
the worst point; hence, to begin to improve, or to
succeed.

To turn the die or To turn the dice, to change fortune.


To turn the edge of or To turn the point of, to bend over
the edge or point of so as to make dull; to blunt.

To turn the head of or To turn the brain of, to make
giddy, wild, insane, or the like; to infatuate; to
overthrow the reason or judgment of; as, a little success
turned his head.

To turn the scale or To turn the balance, to change the
preponderance; to decide or determine something doubtful;
to tip the balance.

To turn the stomach of, to nauseate; to sicken.

To turn the tables, to reverse the chances or conditions of
success or superiority; to give the advantage to the
person or side previously at a disadvantage.

To turn tippet, to make a change. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.

To turn to profit, To turn to advantage, etc., to make
profitable or advantageous.

To turn turtle, to capsize bottom upward; -- said of a
vessel. [Naut. slang]

To turn under (Agric.), to put, as soil, manure, etc.,
underneath from the surface by plowing, digging, or the
like.

To turn up.
(a) To turn so as to bring the bottom side on top; as, to
turn up the trump.
(b) To bring from beneath to the surface, as in plowing,
digging, etc.
(c) To give an upward curve to; to tilt; as, to turn up
the nose.

To turn upon, to retort; to throw back; as, to turn the
arguments of an opponent upon himself.

To turn upside down, to confuse by putting things awry; to
throw into disorder.
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This house is turned upside down since Robin Ostler
died. --Shak.
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To leave no stone unturned
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Stone \Stone\, n. [OE. ston, stan, AS. st[=a]n; akin to OS. &
OFries. st[=e]n, D. steen, G. stein, Icel. steinn, Sw. sten,
Dan. steen, Goth. stains, Russ. stiena a wall, Gr. ?, ?, a
pebble. [root]167. Cf. Steen.]
1. Concreted earthy or mineral matter; also, any particular
mass of such matter; as, a house built of stone; the boy
threw a stone; pebbles are rounded stones. "Dumb as a
stone." --Chaucer.
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They had brick for stone, and slime . . . for
mortar. --Gen. xi. 3.
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Note: In popular language, very large masses of stone are
called rocks; small masses are called stones; and the
finer kinds, gravel, or sand, or grains of sand. Stone
is much and widely used in the construction of
buildings of all kinds, for walls, fences, piers,
abutments, arches, monuments, sculpture, and the like.
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2. A precious stone; a gem. "Many a rich stone." --Chaucer.
"Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels." --Shak.
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3. Something made of stone. Specifically:
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(a) The glass of a mirror; a mirror. [Obs.]
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Lend me a looking-glass;
If that her breath will mist or stain the stone,
Why, then she lives. --Shak.
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(b) A monument to the dead; a gravestone. --Gray.
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Should some relenting eye
Glance on the where our cold relics lie. --Pope.
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4. (Med.) A calculous concretion, especially one in the
kidneys or bladder; the disease arising from a calculus.
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5. One of the testes; a testicle. --Shak.
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6. (Bot.) The hard endocarp of drupes; as, the stone of a
cherry or peach. See Illust. of Endocarp.
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7. A weight which legally is fourteen pounds, but in practice
varies with the article weighed. [Eng.]
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Note: The stone of butchers' meat or fish is reckoned at 8
lbs.; of cheese, 16 lbs.; of hemp, 32 lbs.; of glass, 5
lbs.
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8. Fig.: Symbol of hardness and insensibility; torpidness;
insensibility; as, a heart of stone.
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I have not yet forgot myself to stone. --Pope.
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9. (Print.) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of
stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a
book, newspaper, etc., before printing; -- called also
imposing stone.
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Note: Stone is used adjectively or in composition with other
words to denote made of stone, containing a stone or
stones, employed on stone, or, more generally, of or
pertaining to stone or stones; as, stone fruit, or
stone-fruit; stone-hammer, or stone hammer; stone
falcon, or stone-falcon. Compounded with some
adjectives it denotes a degree of the quality expressed
by the adjective equal to that possessed by a stone;
as, stone-dead, stone-blind, stone-cold, stone-still,
etc.
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Atlantic stone, ivory. [Obs.] "Citron tables, or Atlantic
stone." --Milton.

Bowing stone. Same as Cromlech. --Encyc. Brit.

Meteoric stones, stones which fall from the atmosphere, as
after the explosion of a meteor.

Philosopher's stone. See under Philosopher.

Rocking stone. See Rocking-stone.

Stone age, a supposed prehistoric age of the world when
stone and bone were habitually used as the materials for
weapons and tools; -- called also flint age. The {bronze
age} succeeded to this.

Stone bass (Zool.), any one of several species of marine
food fishes of the genus Serranus and allied genera, as
Serranus Couchii, and Polyprion cernium of Europe; --
called also sea perch.

Stone biter (Zool.), the wolf fish.

Stone boiling, a method of boiling water or milk by
dropping hot stones into it, -- in use among savages.
--Tylor.

Stone borer (Zool.), any animal that bores stones;
especially, one of certain bivalve mollusks which burrow
in limestone. See Lithodomus, and Saxicava.

Stone bramble (Bot.), a European trailing species of
bramble (Rubus saxatilis).

Stone-break. [Cf. G. steinbrech.] (Bot.) Any plant of the
genus Saxifraga; saxifrage.

Stone bruise, a sore spot on the bottom of the foot, from a
bruise by a stone.

Stone canal. (Zool.) Same as Sand canal, under Sand.

Stone cat (Zool.), any one of several species of small
fresh-water North American catfishes of the genus
Noturus. They have sharp pectoral spines with which they
inflict painful wounds.

Stone coal, hard coal; mineral coal; anthracite coal.

Stone coral (Zool.), any hard calcareous coral.

Stone crab. (Zool.)
(a) A large crab (Menippe mercenaria) found on the
southern coast of the United States and much used as
food.
(b) A European spider crab (Lithodes maia).

Stone crawfish (Zool.), a European crawfish ({Astacus
torrentium}), by many writers considered only a variety of
the common species (Astacus fluviatilis).

Stone curlew. (Zool.)
(a) A large plover found in Europe ({Edicnemus
crepitans}). It frequents stony places. Called also
thick-kneed plover or bustard, and thick-knee.
(b) The whimbrel. [Prov. Eng.]
(c) The willet. [Local, U.S.]

Stone crush. Same as Stone bruise, above.

Stone eater. (Zool.) Same as Stone borer, above.

Stone falcon (Zool.), the merlin.

Stone fern (Bot.), a European fern (Asplenium Ceterach)
which grows on rocks and walls.

Stone fly (Zool.), any one of many species of
pseudoneuropterous insects of the genus Perla and allied
genera; a perlid. They are often used by anglers for bait.
The larvae are aquatic.

Stone fruit (Bot.), any fruit with a stony endocarp; a
drupe, as a peach, plum, or cherry.

Stone grig (Zool.), the mud lamprey, or pride.

Stone hammer, a hammer formed with a face at one end, and a
thick, blunt edge, parallel with the handle, at the other,
-- used for breaking stone.

Stone hawk (Zool.), the merlin; -- so called from its habit
of sitting on bare stones.

Stone jar, a jar made of stoneware.

Stone lily (Paleon.), a fossil crinoid.

Stone lugger. (Zool.) See Stone roller, below.

Stone marten (Zool.), a European marten (Mustela foina)
allied to the pine marten, but having a white throat; --
called also beech marten.

Stone mason, a mason who works or builds in stone.

Stone-mortar (Mil.), a kind of large mortar formerly used
in sieges for throwing a mass of small stones short
distances.

Stone oil, rock oil, petroleum.

Stone parsley (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant ({Seseli
Labanotis}). See under Parsley.

Stone pine. (Bot.) A nut pine. See the Note under Pine,
and Pi[~n]on.

Stone pit, a quarry where stones are dug.

Stone pitch, hard, inspissated pitch.

Stone plover. (Zool.)
(a) The European stone curlew.
(b) Any one of several species of Asiatic plovers of the
genus Esacus; as, the large stone plover ({Esacus
recurvirostris}).
(c) The gray or black-bellied plover. [Prov. Eng.]
(d) The ringed plover.
(e) The bar-tailed godwit. [Prov. Eng.] Also applied to
other species of limicoline birds.

Stone roller. (Zool.)
(a) An American fresh-water fish (Catostomus nigricans)
of the Sucker family. Its color is yellowish olive,
often with dark blotches. Called also stone lugger,
stone toter, hog sucker, hog mullet.
(b) A common American cyprinoid fish ({Campostoma
anomalum}); -- called also stone lugger.

Stone's cast, or Stone's throw, the distance to which a
stone may be thrown by the hand; as, they live a stone's
throw from each other.

Stone snipe (Zool.), the greater yellowlegs, or tattler.
[Local, U.S.]

Stone toter. (Zool.)
(a) See Stone roller
(a), above.
(b) A cyprinoid fish (Exoglossum maxillingua) found in
the rivers from Virginia to New York. It has a
three-lobed lower lip; -- called also cutlips.

To leave no stone unturned, to do everything that can be
done; to use all practicable means to effect an object.
[1913 Webster]Unturned \Un*turned"\, a. [Pref. un- + turned.]
Not turned; not revolved or reversed.
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To leave no stone unturned, to leave nothing untried for
accomplishing one's purpose.
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[He] left unturned no stone
To make my guilt appear, and hide his own. --Dryden.
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Turned
(gcide)
Turn \Turn\ (t[^u]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Turned (t[^u]rnd);
p. pr. & vb. n. Turning.] [OE. turnen, tournen, OF.
tourner, torner, turner, F. tourner, LL. tornare, fr. L.
tornare to turn in a lathe, to round off, fr. tornus a lathe,
Gr. to`rnos a turner's chisel, a carpenter's tool for drawing
circles; probably akin to E. throw. See Throw, and cf.
Attorney, Return, Tornado, Tour, Tournament.]
1. To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to
give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to
move round, either partially, wholly, or repeatedly; to
make to change position so as to present other sides in
given directions; to make to face otherwise; as, to turn a
wheel or a spindle; to turn the body or the head.
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Turn the adamantine spindle round. --Milton.
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The monarch turns him to his royal guest. --Pope.
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2. To cause to present a different side uppermost or outmost;
to make the upper side the lower, or the inside to be the
outside of; to reverse the position of; as, to turn a box
or a board; to turn a coat.
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3. To give another direction, tendency, or inclination to; to
direct otherwise; to deflect; to incline differently; --
used both literally and figuratively; as, to turn the eyes
to the heavens; to turn a horse from the road, or a ship
from her course; to turn the attention to or from
something. "Expert when to advance, or stand, or, turn the
sway of battle." --Milton.
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Thrice I deluded her, and turned to sport
Her importunity. --Milton.
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My thoughts are turned on peace. --Addison.
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4. To change from a given use or office; to divert, as to
another purpose or end; to transfer; to use or employ; to
apply; to devote.
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Therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto
David. --1 Chron. x.
14.
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God will make these evils the occasion of a greater
good, by turning them to advantage in this world.
--Tillotson.
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When the passage is open, land will be turned most
to cattle; when shut, to sheep. --Sir W.
Temple.
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5. To change the form, quality, aspect, or effect of; to
alter; to metamorphose; to convert; to transform; -- often
with to or into before the word denoting the effect or
product of the change; as, to turn a worm into a winged
insect; to turn green to blue; to turn prose into verse;
to turn a Whig to a Tory, or a Hindu to a Christian; to
turn good to evil, and the like.
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The Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and have
compassion upon thee. --Deut. xxx.
3.
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And David said, O Lord, I pray thee, turn the
counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness. --2 Sam. xv.
31.
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Impatience turns an ague into a fever. --Jer.
Taylor.
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6. To form in a lathe; to shape or fashion (anything) by
applying a cutting tool to it while revolving; as, to turn
the legs of stools or tables; to turn ivory or metal.
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I had rather hear a brazen canstick turned. --Shak.
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7. Hence, to give form to; to shape; to mold; to put in
proper condition; to adapt. "The poet's pen turns them to
shapes." --Shak.
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His limbs how turned, how broad his shoulders spread
! --Pope.
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He was perfectly well turned for trade. --Addison.
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8. Specifically:
(a) To translate; to construe; as, to turn the Iliad.
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Who turns a Persian tale for half a crown.
--Pope.
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(b) To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle, etc.: as,
to turn cider or wine; electricity turns milk quickly.
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(c) To sicken; to nauseate; as, an emetic turns one's
stomach.
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9. 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 instead of cutting or tunneling through it.
--James Bryce.

To be turned of, to be advanced beyond; as, to be turned of
sixty-six.

To turn a cold shoulder to, to treat with neglect or
indifference.

To turn a corner,
(a) to go round a corner.
(b) [Fig.] To advance beyond a difficult stage in a
project, or in life.

To turn adrift, to cast off, to cease to care for.

To turn a flange (Mech.), to form a flange on, as around a
metal sheet or boiler plate, by stretching, bending, and
hammering, or rolling the metal.

To turn against.
(a) To direct against; as, to turn one's arguments against
himself.
(b) To make unfavorable or hostile to; as, to turn one's
friends against him.

To turn a hostile army, To turn the enemy's flank, or the
like (Mil.), to pass round it, and take a position behind
it or upon its side.

To turn a penny, or To turn an honest penny, to make a
small profit by trade, or the like.

To turn around one's finger, to have complete control of
the will and actions of; to be able to influence at
pleasure.

To turn aside, to avert.

To turn away.
(a) To dismiss from service; to discard; as, to turn away
a servant.
(b) To avert; as, to turn away wrath or evil.

To turn back.
(a) To give back; to return.
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We turn not back the silks upon the merchants,
When we have soiled them. --Shak.
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(b) To cause to return or retrace one's steps; hence, to
drive away; to repel. --Shak.

To turn down.
(a) To fold or double down.
(b) To turn over so as to conceal the face of; as, to turn
down cards.
(c) To lower, or reduce in size, by turning a valve,
stopcock, or the like; as, turn down the lights.

To turn in.
(a) To fold or double under; as, to turn in the edge of
cloth.
(b) To direct inwards; as, to turn the toes in when
walking.
(c) To contribute; to deliver up; as, he turned in a large
amount. [Colloq.]

To turn in the mind, to revolve, ponder, or meditate upon;
-- with about, over, etc. " Turn these ideas about in your
mind." --I. Watts.

To turn off.
(a) To dismiss contemptuously; as, to turn off a sycophant
or a parasite.
(b) To give over; to reduce.
(c) To divert; to deflect; as, to turn off the thoughts
from serious subjects; to turn off a joke.
(d) To accomplish; to perform, as work.
(e) (Mech.) To remove, as a surface, by the process of
turning; to reduce in size by turning.
(f) To shut off, as a fluid, by means of a valve,
stopcock, or other device; to stop the passage of; as,
to turn off the water or the gas.

To turn one's coat, to change one's uniform or colors; to
go over to the opposite party.

To turn one's goods or To turn one's money, and the like,
to exchange in the course of trade; to keep in lively
exchange or circulation; to gain or increase in trade.

To turn one's hand to, to adapt or apply one's self to; to
engage in.

To turn out.
(a) To drive out; to expel; as, to turn a family out of
doors; to turn a man out of office.
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I'll turn you out of my kingdom. -- Shak.
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(b) to put to pasture, as cattle or horses.
(c) To produce, as the result of labor, or any process of
manufacture; to furnish in a completed state.
(d) To reverse, as a pocket, bag, etc., so as to bring the
inside to the outside; hence, to produce.
(e) To cause to cease, or to put out, by turning a
stopcock, valve, or the like; as, to turn out the
lights.

To turn over.
(a) To change or reverse the position of; to overset; to
overturn; to cause to roll over.
(b) To transfer; as, to turn over business to another
hand.
(c) To read or examine, as a book, while, turning the
leaves. "We turned o'er many books together." --Shak.
(d) To handle in business; to do business to the amount
of; as, he turns over millions a year. [Colloq.]

To turn over a new leaf. See under Leaf.

To turn tail, to run away; to retreat ignominiously.

To turn the back, to flee; to retreat.

To turn the back on or

To turn the back upon, to treat with contempt; to reject or
refuse unceremoniously.

To turn the corner, to pass the critical stage; to get by
the worst point; hence, to begin to improve, or to
succeed.

To turn the die or To turn the dice, to change fortune.


To turn the edge of or To turn the point of, to bend over
the edge or point of so as to make dull; to blunt.

To turn the head of or To turn the brain of, to make
giddy, wild, insane, or the like; to infatuate; to
overthrow the reason or judgment of; as, a little success
turned his head.

To turn the scale or To turn the balance, to change the
preponderance; to decide or determine something doubtful;
to tip the balance.

To turn the stomach of, to nauseate; to sicken.

To turn the tables, to reverse the chances or conditions of
success or superiority; to give the advantage to the
person or side previously at a disadvantage.

To turn tippet, to make a change. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.

To turn to profit, To turn to advantage, etc., to make
profitable or advantageous.

To turn turtle, to capsize bottom upward; -- said of a
vessel. [Naut. slang]

To turn under (Agric.), to put, as soil, manure, etc.,
underneath from the surface by plowing, digging, or the
like.

To turn up.
(a) To turn so as to bring the bottom side on top; as, to
turn up the trump.
(b) To bring from beneath to the surface, as in plowing,
digging, etc.
(c) To give an upward curve to; to tilt; as, to turn up
the nose.

To turn upon, to retort; to throw back; as, to turn the
arguments of an opponent upon himself.

To turn upside down, to confuse by putting things awry; to
throw into disorder.
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This house is turned upside down since Robin Ostler
died. --Shak.
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turned out
(gcide)
clothed \clothed\ adj.
1. wearing clothing. [Narrower terms: {adorned(predicate),
bedecked(predicate), decked(predicate), decked
out(predicate)}; {appareled, attired, clad, dressed,
garbed, garmented, habilimented, robed}; {arrayed,
panoplied}; breeched, pantalooned, trousered;
bundled-up; caparisoned; cassocked: costumed:
decent] [Narrower terms: dight] [Narrower terms:
{dressed-up, dressed to the nines(predicate), dressed to
kill(predicate), dolled up, spruced up, spiffed up}]
[Narrower terms: gowned] [Narrower terms: habited]
[Narrower terms: heavy-coated] [Narrower terms:
overdressed] [Narrower terms: petticoated] [Narrower
terms: red-coated, lobster-backed] [Narrower terms:
surpliced] [Narrower terms: {togged dressed esp in smart
clothes)}] [Narrower terms: turned out] [Narrower terms:
underdressed] [Narrower terms: uniformed] [Narrower
terms: vestmented] Also See: adorned, decorated.
Antonym: unclothed.
[WordNet 1.5]

2. covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak.
fog-cloaked meadows

Syn: cloaked, draped, mantled, wrapped.
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Turnep
(gcide)
Turnep \Tur"nep\ (t[^u]r"n[e^]p), n. (Bot.)
See Turnip. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]Turnip \Tur"nip\ (t[^u]r"n[i^]p), n. [OE. turnep; probably fr.
turn, or F. tour a turn, turning lathe + OE. nepe a turnip,
AS. n[=ae]pe, L. napus. Cf. Turn, v. t., Navew.] (Bot.)
The edible, fleshy, roundish, or somewhat conical, root of a
cruciferous plant (Brassica campestris, var. Napus); also,
the plant itself. [Formerly written also turnep.]
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Swedish turnip (Bot.), a kind of turnip. See Ruta-baga.


Turnip flea (Zool.), a small flea-beetle ({Haltica,
striolata} syn. Phyllotreta striolata), which feeds upon
the turnip, and often seriously injures it. It is black
with a stripe of yellow on each elytron. The name is also
applied to several other small insects which are injurious
to turnips. See Illust. under Flea-beetle.

Turnip fly. (Zool.)
(a) The turnip flea.
(b) A two-winged fly (Anthomyia radicum) whose larvae live
in the turnip root.
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turnep
(gcide)
Turnep \Tur"nep\ (t[^u]r"n[e^]p), n. (Bot.)
See Turnip. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]Turnip \Tur"nip\ (t[^u]r"n[i^]p), n. [OE. turnep; probably fr.
turn, or F. tour a turn, turning lathe + OE. nepe a turnip,
AS. n[=ae]pe, L. napus. Cf. Turn, v. t., Navew.] (Bot.)
The edible, fleshy, roundish, or somewhat conical, root of a
cruciferous plant (Brassica campestris, var. Napus); also,
the plant itself. [Formerly written also turnep.]
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Swedish turnip (Bot.), a kind of turnip. See Ruta-baga.


Turnip flea (Zool.), a small flea-beetle ({Haltica,
striolata} syn. Phyllotreta striolata), which feeds upon
the turnip, and often seriously injures it. It is black
with a stripe of yellow on each elytron. The name is also
applied to several other small insects which are injurious
to turnips. See Illust. under Flea-beetle.

Turnip fly. (Zool.)
(a) The turnip flea.
(b) A two-winged fly (Anthomyia radicum) whose larvae live
in the turnip root.
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Turner
(gcide)
Turner \Turn"er\ (t[^u]rn"[~e]r), n.
1. One who turns; especially, one whose occupation is to form
articles with a lathe.
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2. (Zool.) A variety of pigeon; a tumbler.
[1913 Webster]Turner \Tur"ner\ (t[=oo]r"n[~e]r), n. [G.]
A person who practices athletic or gymnastic exercises.
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Turnera ulmifolia
(gcide)
Holly \Hol"ly\ (h[o^]l"l[y^]), n. [OE holi, holin, AS. holen,
holegn; akin to D. & G. hulst, OHG. huls hulis, W. celyn,
Armor. kelen, Gael. cuilionn, Ir. cuileann. Cf. 1st Holm,
Hulver.]
1. (Bot.) A tree or shrub of the genus Ilex. The European
species (Ilex Aquifolium) is best known, having glossy
green leaves, with a spiny, waved edge, and bearing
berries that turn red or yellow about Michaelmas.
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Note: The holly is much used to adorn churches and houses, at
Christmas time, and hence is associated with scenes of
good will and rejoicing. It is an evergreen tree, and
has a finegrained, heavy, white wood. Its bark is used
as a febrifuge, and the berries are violently purgative
and emetic. The American holly is the Ilex opaca, and
is found along the coast of the United States, from
Maine southward. --Gray.
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2. (Bot.) The holm oak. See 1st Holm.
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Holly-leaved oak (Bot.), the black scrub oak. See {Scrub
oak}.

Holly rose (Bot.), a West Indian shrub, with showy, yellow
flowers (Turnera ulmifolia).

Sea holly (Bot.), a species of Eryngium. See Eryngium.
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Turnerite
(gcide)
Turnerite \Tur"ner*ite\ (t[^u]r"n[~e]r*[imac]t), n. [So called
from the English chemist and mineralogist, C. H. Turner.]
(Min.)
A variety of monazite.
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