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Turning
(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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Turning
(gcide) | Turning \Turn"ing\, n.
1. The act of one who, or that which, turns; also, a winding;
a bending course; a flexure; a meander.
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Through paths and turnings often trod by day.
--Milton.
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2. The place of a turn; an angle or corner, as of a road.
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It is preached at every turning. --Coleridge.
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3. Deviation from the way or proper course. --Harmar.
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4. Turnery, or the shaping of solid substances into various
forms by means of a lathe and cutting tools.
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5. pl. The pieces, or chips, detached in the process of
turning from the material turned; -- usually used in the
plural.
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6. (Mil.) A maneuver by which an enemy or a position is
turned.
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Turning and boring mill, a kind of lathe having a vertical
spindle and horizontal face plate, for turning and boring
large work.
Turning bridge. See the Note under Drawbridge.
Turning engine, an engine lathe.
Turning lathe, a lathe used by turners to shape their work.
Turning pair. See the Note under Pair, n.
Turning point, the point upon which a question turns, and
which decides a case.
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turning
(wn) | turning
n 1: the act of changing or reversing the direction of the
course; "he took a turn to the right" [syn: turn,
turning]
2: act of changing in practice or custom; "the law took many
turnings over the years"
3: a shaving created when something is produced by turning it on
a lathe
4: a movement in a new direction; "the turning of the wind"
[syn: turning, turn]
5: the end-product created by shaping something on a lathe
6: the activity of shaping something on a lathe |
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(encz) | returning,vrácení n: Zdeněk Brož |
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table turning
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the turning point
(encz) | the turning point, |
turning away
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turning point
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turning-on
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without turning a hair
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By-turning
(gcide) | By-turning \By"-turn`ing\, n.
An obscure road; a way turning from the main road. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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Engine turning
(gcide) | Engine \En"gine\ ([e^]n"j[i^]n), n. [F. engin skill, machine,
engine, L. ingenium natural capacity, invention; in in + the
root of gignere to produce. See Genius, and cf.
Ingenious, Gin a snare.]
1.
Note: (Pronounced, in this sense, [e^]n*j[=e]n".) Natural
capacity; ability; skill. [Obs.]
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A man hath sapiences three,
Memory, engine, and intellect also. --Chaucer.
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2. Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or
contrivance; a machine; an agent. --Shak.
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You see the ways the fisherman doth take
To catch the fish; what engines doth he make?
--Bunyan.
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Their promises, enticements, oaths, tokens, and all
these engines of lust. --Shak.
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3. Any instrument by which any effect is produced;
especially, an instrument or machine of war or torture.
"Terrible engines of death." --Sir W. Raleigh.
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4. (Mach.) A compound machine by which any physical power is
applied to produce a given physical effect.
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Engine driver, one who manages an engine; specifically, the
engineer of a locomotive.
Engine lathe. (Mach.) See under Lathe.
Engine tool, a machine tool. --J. Whitworth.
Engine turning (Fine Arts), a method of ornamentation by
means of a rose engine.
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Note: The term engine is more commonly applied to massive
machines, or to those giving power, or which produce
some difficult result. Engines, as motors, are
distinguished according to the source of power, as
steam engine, air engine, electro-magnetic engine; or
the purpose on account of which the power is applied,
as fire engine, pumping engine, locomotive engine; or
some peculiarity of construction or operation, as
single-acting or double-acting engine, high-pressure or
low-pressure engine, condensing engine, etc.
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Flange turning
(gcide) | Flange \Flange\ (fl[a^]nj), n. [Prov. E. flange to project,
flanch a projection. See Flanch, Flank.]
1. An external or internal rib, or rim, for strength, as the
flange of an iron beam; or for a guide, as the flange of a
car wheel (see Car wheel.); or for attachment to another
object, as the flange on the end of a pipe, steam
cylinder, etc. --Knight.
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2. A plate or ring to form a rim at the end of a pipe when
fastened to the pipe.
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Blind flange, a plate for covering or closing the end of a
pipe.
Flange joint, a joint, as that of pipes, where the
connecting pieces have flanges by which the parts are
bolted together. --Knight.
Flange rail, a rail with a flange on one side, to keep
wheels, etc. from running off.
Flange turning, the process of forming a flange on a
wrought iron plate by bending and hammering it when hot.
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Overturning
(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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Returning
(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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Returning board
(gcide) | Board \Board\ (b[=o]rd), n. [OE. bord, AS. bord board,
shipboard; akin to bred plank, Icel. bor[eth] board, side of
a ship, Goth. f[=o]tu-baurd footstool, D. bord board, G.
brett, bort. See def. 8. [root]92.]
1. A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length
and breadth as compared with the thickness, -- used for
building, etc.
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Note: When sawed thick, as over one and a half or two inches,
it is usually called a plank.
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2. A table to put food upon.
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Note: The term board answers to the modern table, but it was
often movable, and placed on trestles. --Halliwell.
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Fruit of all kinds . . .
She gathers, tribute large, and on the board
Heaps with unsparing hand. --Milton.
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3. Hence: What is served on a table as food; stated meals;
provision; entertainment; -- usually as furnished for pay;
as, to work for one's board; the price of board.
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4. A table at which a council or court is held. Hence: A
council, convened for business, or any authorized assembly
or meeting, public or private; a number of persons
appointed or elected to sit in council for the management
or direction of some public or private business or trust;
as, the Board of Admiralty; a board of trade; a board of
directors, trustees, commissioners, etc.
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Both better acquainted with affairs than any other
who sat then at that board. --Clarendon.
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We may judge from their letters to the board.
--Porteus.
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5. A square or oblong piece of thin wood or other material
used for some special purpose, as, a molding board; a
board or surface painted or arranged for a game; as, a
chessboard; a backgammon board.
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6. Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers,
etc.; pasteboard; as, to bind a book in boards.
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7. pl. The stage in a theater; as, to go upon the boards, to
enter upon the theatrical profession.
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8. [In this use originally perh. a different word meaning
border, margin; cf. D. boord, G. bord, shipboard, and G.
borte trimming; also F. bord (fr. G.) the side of a ship.
Cf. Border.] The border or side of anything. (Naut.)
(a) The side of a ship. "Now board to board the rival
vessels row." --Dryden. See On board, below.
(b) The stretch which a ship makes in one tack.
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Note: Board is much used adjectively or as the last part of a
compound; as, fir board, clapboard, floor board,
shipboard, sideboard, ironing board, chessboard,
cardboard, pasteboard, seaboard; board measure.
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The American Board, a shortened form of "The American Board
of Commissioners for Foreign Missions" (the foreign
missionary society of the American Congregational
churches).
Bed and board. See under Bed.
Board and board (Naut.), side by side.
Board of control, six privy councilors formerly appointed
to superintend the affairs of the British East Indies.
--Stormonth.
Board rule, a figured scale for finding without calculation
the number of square feet in a board. --Haldeman.
Board of trade, in England, a committee of the privy
council appointed to superintend matters relating to
trade. In the United States, a body of men appointed for
the advancement and protection of their business
interests; a chamber of commerce.
Board wages.
(a) Food and lodging supplied as compensation for
services; as, to work hard, and get only board wages.
(b) Money wages which are barely sufficient to buy food
and lodging.
(c) A separate or special allowance of wages for the
procurement of food, or food and lodging. --Dryden.
By the board, over the board, or side. "The mast went by
the board." --Totten. Hence (Fig.),
To go by the board, to suffer complete destruction or
overthrow.
To enter on the boards, to have one's name inscribed on a
board or tablet in a college as a student. [Cambridge,
England.] "Having been entered on the boards of Trinity
college." --Hallam.
To make a good board (Naut.), to sail in a straight line
when close-hauled; to lose little to leeward.
To make short boards, to tack frequently.
On board.
(a) On shipboard; in a ship or a boat; on board of; as, I
came on board early; to be on board ship.
(b) In or into a railway car or train. [Colloq. U. S.]
Returning board, a board empowered to canvass and make an
official statement of the votes cast at an election.
[U.S.]
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Table turning
(gcide) | Table \Ta"ble\ (t[=a]"'l), n. [F., fr. L. tabula a board,
tablet, a painting. Cf. Tabular, Taffrail, Tavern.]
1. A smooth, flat surface, like the side of a board; a thin,
flat, smooth piece of anything; a slab.
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A bagnio paved with fair tables of marble. --Sandys.
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2. A thin, flat piece of wood, stone, metal, or other
material, on which anything is cut, traced, written, or
painted; a tablet; pl. a memorandum book. "The names . . .
written on his tables." --Chaucer.
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And the Lord said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of
stone like unto the first, and I will write upon
these tables the words that were in the first
tables, which thou brakest. --Ex. xxxiv.
1.
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And stand there with your tables to glean
The golden sentences. --Beau. & Fl.
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3. Any smooth, flat surface upon which an inscription, a
drawing, or the like, may be produced. "Painted in a table
plain." --Spenser.
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The opposite walls are painted by Rubens, which,
with that other of the Infanta taking leave of Don
Philip, is a most incomparable table. --Evelyn.
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St. Antony has a table that hangs up to him from a
poor peasant. --Addison.
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4. Hence, in a great variety of applications: A condensed
statement which may be comprehended by the eye in a single
view; a methodical or systematic synopsis; the
presentation of many items or particulars in one group; a
scheme; a schedule. Specifically:
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(a) (Bibliog.) A view of the contents of a work; a
statement of the principal topics discussed; an index;
a syllabus; a synopsis; as, a table of contents.
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(b) (Chem.) A list of substances and their properties;
especially, the a list of the elementary substances
with their atomic weights, densities, symbols, etc.;
the periodic table of the elements.
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(c) (Mathematics, Science and Technology) Any collection
and arrangement in a condensed form of many
particulars or values, for ready reference, as of
weights, measures, currency, specific gravities, etc.;
also, a series of numbers following some law, and
expressing particular values corresponding to certain
other numbers on which they depend, and by means of
which they are taken out for use in computations; as,
tables of logarithms, sines, tangents, squares, cubes,
etc.; annuity tables; interest tables; astronomical
tables; a table of logarithms, etc.
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(d) (Palmistry) The arrangement or disposition of the
lines which appear on the inside of the hand.
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Mistress of a fairer table
Hath not history for fable. --B. Jonson.
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5. An article of furniture, consisting of a flat slab, board,
or the like, having a smooth surface, fixed horizontally
on legs, and used for a great variety of purposes, as in
eating, writing, or working.
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We may again
Give to our tables meat. --Shak.
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The nymph the table spread. --Pope.
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6. Hence, food placed on a table to be partaken of; fare;
entertainment; as, to set a good table.
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7. The company assembled round a table.
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I drink the general joy of the whole table. --Shak.
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8. (Anat.) One of the two, external and internal, layers of
compact bone, separated by diploe, in the walls of the
cranium.
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9. (Arch.) A stringcourse which includes an offset; esp., a
band of stone, or the like, set where an offset is
required, so as to make it decorative. See Water table.
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10. (Games)
(a) The board on the opposite sides of which backgammon
and draughts are played.
(b) One of the divisions of a backgammon board; as, to
play into the right-hand table.
(c) pl. The games of backgammon and of draughts. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
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This is the ape of form, monsieur the nice,
That, when he plays at tables, chides the dice.
--Shak.
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11. (Glass Manuf.) A circular plate of crown glass.
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A circular plate or table of about five feet
diameter weighs on an average nine pounds. --Ure.
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12. (Jewelry) The upper flat surface of a diamond or other
precious stone, the sides of which are cut in angles.
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13. (Persp.) A plane surface, supposed to be transparent and
perpendicular to the horizon; -- called also {perspective
plane}.
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14. (Mach.) The part of a machine tool on which the work
rests and is fastened.
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Bench table, Card table, Communion table, {Lord's
table}, etc. See under Bench, Card, etc.
Raised table (Arch. & Sculp.), a raised or projecting
member of a flat surface, large in proportion to the
projection, and usually rectangular, -- especially
intended to receive an inscription or the like.
Roller table (Horology), a flat disk on the arbor of the
balance of a watch, holding the jewel which rolls in and
out of the fork at the end of the lever of the escapement.
Round table. See Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.
Table anvil, a small anvil to be fastened to a table for
use in making slight repairs.
Table base. (Arch.) Same as Water table.
Table bed, a bed in the form of a table.
Table beer, beer for table, or for common use; small beer.
Table bell, a small bell to be used at table for calling
servants.
Table cover, a cloth for covering a table, especially at
other than mealtimes.
Table diamond, a thin diamond cut with a flat upper
surface.
Table linen, linen tablecloth, napkins, and the like.
Table money (Mil. or Naut.), an allowance sometimes made to
officers over and above their pay, for table expenses.
Table rent (O. Eng. Law), rent paid to a bishop or
religious, reserved or appropriated to his table or
housekeeping. --Burrill.
Table shore (Naut.), a low, level shore.
Table talk, conversation at table, or at meals.
Table talker, one who talks at table.
Table tipping, Table turning, certain movements of
tables, etc., attributed by some to the agency of departed
spirits, and by others to the development of latent vital
or spriritual forces, but more commonly ascribed to the
muscular force of persons in connection with the objects
moved, or to physical force applied otherwise.
Tables of a girder or Tables of a chord (Engin.), the
upper and lower horizontal members.
To lay on the table, in parliamentary usage, to lay, as a
report, motion, etc., on the table of the presiding
officer, -- that is, to postpone the consideration of, by
a vote; -- also called to table . It is a tactic often
used with the intention of postponing consideration of a
motion indefinitely, that is, to kill the motion.
To serve tables (Script.), to provide for the poor, or to
distribute provisions for their wants. --Acts vi. 2.
To turn the tables, to change the condition or fortune of
contending parties; -- a metaphorical expression taken
from the vicissitudes of fortune in gaming.
Twelve tables (Rom. Antiq.), a celebrated body of Roman
laws, framed by decemvirs appointed 450 years before
Christ, on the return of deputies or commissioners who had
been sent to Greece to examine into foreign laws and
institutions. They consisted partly of laws transcribed
from the institutions of other nations, partly of such as
were altered and accommodated to the manners of the
Romans, partly of new provisions, and mainly, perhaps, of
laws and usages under their ancient kings. --Burrill.
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Turning
(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.
[1913 Webster]Turning \Turn"ing\, n.
1. The act of one who, or that which, turns; also, a winding;
a bending course; a flexure; a meander.
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Through paths and turnings often trod by day.
--Milton.
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2. The place of a turn; an angle or corner, as of a road.
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It is preached at every turning. --Coleridge.
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3. Deviation from the way or proper course. --Harmar.
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4. Turnery, or the shaping of solid substances into various
forms by means of a lathe and cutting tools.
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5. pl. The pieces, or chips, detached in the process of
turning from the material turned; -- usually used in the
plural.
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6. (Mil.) A maneuver by which an enemy or a position is
turned.
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Turning and boring mill, a kind of lathe having a vertical
spindle and horizontal face plate, for turning and boring
large work.
Turning bridge. See the Note under Drawbridge.
Turning engine, an engine lathe.
Turning lathe, a lathe used by turners to shape their work.
Turning pair. See the Note under Pair, n.
Turning point, the point upon which a question turns, and
which decides a case.
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1. The act of one who, or that which, turns; also, a winding;
a bending course; a flexure; a meander.
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Through paths and turnings often trod by day.
--Milton.
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2. The place of a turn; an angle or corner, as of a road.
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It is preached at every turning. --Coleridge.
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3. Deviation from the way or proper course. --Harmar.
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4. Turnery, or the shaping of solid substances into various
forms by means of a lathe and cutting tools.
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5. pl. The pieces, or chips, detached in the process of
turning from the material turned; -- usually used in the
plural.
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6. (Mil.) A maneuver by which an enemy or a position is
turned.
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Turning and boring mill, a kind of lathe having a vertical
spindle and horizontal face plate, for turning and boring
large work.
Turning bridge. See the Note under Drawbridge.
Turning engine, an engine lathe.
Turning lathe, a lathe used by turners to shape their work.
Turning pair. See the Note under Pair, n.
Turning point, the point upon which a question turns, and
which decides a case.
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(gcide) | Turning \Turn"ing\, n.
1. The act of one who, or that which, turns; also, a winding;
a bending course; a flexure; a meander.
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Through paths and turnings often trod by day.
--Milton.
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2. The place of a turn; an angle or corner, as of a road.
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It is preached at every turning. --Coleridge.
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3. Deviation from the way or proper course. --Harmar.
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4. Turnery, or the shaping of solid substances into various
forms by means of a lathe and cutting tools.
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5. pl. The pieces, or chips, detached in the process of
turning from the material turned; -- usually used in the
plural.
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6. (Mil.) A maneuver by which an enemy or a position is
turned.
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Turning and boring mill, a kind of lathe having a vertical
spindle and horizontal face plate, for turning and boring
large work.
Turning bridge. See the Note under Drawbridge.
Turning engine, an engine lathe.
Turning lathe, a lathe used by turners to shape their work.
Turning pair. See the Note under Pair, n.
Turning point, the point upon which a question turns, and
which decides a case.
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(gcide) | Turning \Turn"ing\, n.
1. The act of one who, or that which, turns; also, a winding;
a bending course; a flexure; a meander.
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Through paths and turnings often trod by day.
--Milton.
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2. The place of a turn; an angle or corner, as of a road.
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It is preached at every turning. --Coleridge.
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3. Deviation from the way or proper course. --Harmar.
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4. Turnery, or the shaping of solid substances into various
forms by means of a lathe and cutting tools.
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5. pl. The pieces, or chips, detached in the process of
turning from the material turned; -- usually used in the
plural.
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6. (Mil.) A maneuver by which an enemy or a position is
turned.
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Turning and boring mill, a kind of lathe having a vertical
spindle and horizontal face plate, for turning and boring
large work.
Turning bridge. See the Note under Drawbridge.
Turning engine, an engine lathe.
Turning lathe, a lathe used by turners to shape their work.
Turning pair. See the Note under Pair, n.
Turning point, the point upon which a question turns, and
which decides a case.
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(gcide) | Turning \Turn"ing\, n.
1. The act of one who, or that which, turns; also, a winding;
a bending course; a flexure; a meander.
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Through paths and turnings often trod by day.
--Milton.
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2. The place of a turn; an angle or corner, as of a road.
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It is preached at every turning. --Coleridge.
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3. Deviation from the way or proper course. --Harmar.
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4. Turnery, or the shaping of solid substances into various
forms by means of a lathe and cutting tools.
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5. pl. The pieces, or chips, detached in the process of
turning from the material turned; -- usually used in the
plural.
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6. (Mil.) A maneuver by which an enemy or a position is
turned.
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Turning and boring mill, a kind of lathe having a vertical
spindle and horizontal face plate, for turning and boring
large work.
Turning bridge. See the Note under Drawbridge.
Turning engine, an engine lathe.
Turning lathe, a lathe used by turners to shape their work.
Turning pair. See the Note under Pair, n.
Turning point, the point upon which a question turns, and
which decides a case.
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turning pair
(gcide) | Pair \Pair\ (p[^a]r), n. [F. paire, LL. paria, L. paria, pl. of
par pair, fr. par, adj., equal. Cf. Apparel, Par
equality, Peer an equal.]
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1. A number of things resembling one another, or belonging
together; a set; as, a pair or flight of stairs. "A pair
of beads." --Chaucer. --Beau. & Fl. "Four pair of stairs."
--Macaulay.
Note: [Now mostly or quite disused.]
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Two crowns in my pocket, two pair of cards.
--Beau. & Fl.
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2. Two things of a kind, similar in form, suited to each
other, and intended to be used together; as, a pair of
gloves or stockings; a pair of shoes.
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3. Two of a sort; a span; a yoke; a couple; a brace; as, a
pair of horses; a pair of oxen.
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4. A married couple; a man and wife. "A happy pair."
--Dryden. "The hapless pair." --Milton.
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5. A single thing, composed of two pieces fitted to each
other and used together; as, a pair of scissors; a pair of
pants; a pair of tongs; a pair of bellows.
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6. Two members of opposite parties or opinion, as in a
parliamentary body, who mutually agree not to vote on a
given question (in order, for example, to allow the
members to be absent during the vote without affecting the
outcome of the vote), or on issues of a party nature
during a specified time; as, there were two pairs on the
final vote. [Parliamentary Cant]
Note: A member who is thus paired with one who would have
voted oppositely is said to be paired for or paired
against a measure, depending on the member's position.
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7. (Kinematics) In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies,
which are so applied to each other as to mutually
constrain relative motion.
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Note: Pairs are named in accordance with the kind of motion
they permit; thus, a journal and its bearing form a
turning pair, a cylinder and its piston a {sliding
pair}, a screw and its nut a twisting pair, etc. Any
pair in which the constraining contact is along lines
or at points only (as a cam and roller acting
together), is designated a higher pair; any pair
having constraining surfaces which fit each other (as a
cylindrical pin and eye, a screw and its nut, etc.), is
called a lower pair.
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Pair royal (pl. Pairs Royal) three things of a sort; --
used especially of playing cards in some games, as
cribbage; as three kings, three "eight spots" etc. Four of
a kind are called a double pair royal. "Something in his
face gave me as much pleasure as a pair royal of naturals
in my own hand." --Goldsmith. "That great pair royal of
adamantine sisters [the Fates]." --Quarles. [Written
corruptly parial and prial.]
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Syn: Pair, Flight, Set.
Usage: Originally, pair was not confined to two things, but
was applied to any number of equal things (pares),
that go together. Ben Jonson speaks of a pair (set) of
chessmen; also, he and Lord Bacon speak of a pair
(pack) of cards. A "pair of stairs" is still in
popular use, as well as the later expression, "flight
of stairs."
[1913 Webster]Turning \Turn"ing\, n.
1. The act of one who, or that which, turns; also, a winding;
a bending course; a flexure; a meander.
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Through paths and turnings often trod by day.
--Milton.
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2. The place of a turn; an angle or corner, as of a road.
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It is preached at every turning. --Coleridge.
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3. Deviation from the way or proper course. --Harmar.
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4. Turnery, or the shaping of solid substances into various
forms by means of a lathe and cutting tools.
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5. pl. The pieces, or chips, detached in the process of
turning from the material turned; -- usually used in the
plural.
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6. (Mil.) A maneuver by which an enemy or a position is
turned.
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Turning and boring mill, a kind of lathe having a vertical
spindle and horizontal face plate, for turning and boring
large work.
Turning bridge. See the Note under Drawbridge.
Turning engine, an engine lathe.
Turning lathe, a lathe used by turners to shape their work.
Turning pair. See the Note under Pair, n.
Turning point, the point upon which a question turns, and
which decides a case.
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Turning pair
(gcide) | Pair \Pair\ (p[^a]r), n. [F. paire, LL. paria, L. paria, pl. of
par pair, fr. par, adj., equal. Cf. Apparel, Par
equality, Peer an equal.]
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1. A number of things resembling one another, or belonging
together; a set; as, a pair or flight of stairs. "A pair
of beads." --Chaucer. --Beau. & Fl. "Four pair of stairs."
--Macaulay.
Note: [Now mostly or quite disused.]
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Two crowns in my pocket, two pair of cards.
--Beau. & Fl.
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2. Two things of a kind, similar in form, suited to each
other, and intended to be used together; as, a pair of
gloves or stockings; a pair of shoes.
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3. Two of a sort; a span; a yoke; a couple; a brace; as, a
pair of horses; a pair of oxen.
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4. A married couple; a man and wife. "A happy pair."
--Dryden. "The hapless pair." --Milton.
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5. A single thing, composed of two pieces fitted to each
other and used together; as, a pair of scissors; a pair of
pants; a pair of tongs; a pair of bellows.
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6. Two members of opposite parties or opinion, as in a
parliamentary body, who mutually agree not to vote on a
given question (in order, for example, to allow the
members to be absent during the vote without affecting the
outcome of the vote), or on issues of a party nature
during a specified time; as, there were two pairs on the
final vote. [Parliamentary Cant]
Note: A member who is thus paired with one who would have
voted oppositely is said to be paired for or paired
against a measure, depending on the member's position.
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7. (Kinematics) In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies,
which are so applied to each other as to mutually
constrain relative motion.
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Note: Pairs are named in accordance with the kind of motion
they permit; thus, a journal and its bearing form a
turning pair, a cylinder and its piston a {sliding
pair}, a screw and its nut a twisting pair, etc. Any
pair in which the constraining contact is along lines
or at points only (as a cam and roller acting
together), is designated a higher pair; any pair
having constraining surfaces which fit each other (as a
cylindrical pin and eye, a screw and its nut, etc.), is
called a lower pair.
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Pair royal (pl. Pairs Royal) three things of a sort; --
used especially of playing cards in some games, as
cribbage; as three kings, three "eight spots" etc. Four of
a kind are called a double pair royal. "Something in his
face gave me as much pleasure as a pair royal of naturals
in my own hand." --Goldsmith. "That great pair royal of
adamantine sisters [the Fates]." --Quarles. [Written
corruptly parial and prial.]
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Syn: Pair, Flight, Set.
Usage: Originally, pair was not confined to two things, but
was applied to any number of equal things (pares),
that go together. Ben Jonson speaks of a pair (set) of
chessmen; also, he and Lord Bacon speak of a pair
(pack) of cards. A "pair of stairs" is still in
popular use, as well as the later expression, "flight
of stairs."
[1913 Webster]Turning \Turn"ing\, n.
1. The act of one who, or that which, turns; also, a winding;
a bending course; a flexure; a meander.
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Through paths and turnings often trod by day.
--Milton.
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2. The place of a turn; an angle or corner, as of a road.
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It is preached at every turning. --Coleridge.
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3. Deviation from the way or proper course. --Harmar.
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4. Turnery, or the shaping of solid substances into various
forms by means of a lathe and cutting tools.
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5. pl. The pieces, or chips, detached in the process of
turning from the material turned; -- usually used in the
plural.
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6. (Mil.) A maneuver by which an enemy or a position is
turned.
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Turning and boring mill, a kind of lathe having a vertical
spindle and horizontal face plate, for turning and boring
large work.
Turning bridge. See the Note under Drawbridge.
Turning engine, an engine lathe.
Turning lathe, a lathe used by turners to shape their work.
Turning pair. See the Note under Pair, n.
Turning point, the point upon which a question turns, and
which decides a case.
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Turning point
(gcide) | Turning \Turn"ing\, n.
1. The act of one who, or that which, turns; also, a winding;
a bending course; a flexure; a meander.
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Through paths and turnings often trod by day.
--Milton.
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2. The place of a turn; an angle or corner, as of a road.
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It is preached at every turning. --Coleridge.
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3. Deviation from the way or proper course. --Harmar.
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4. Turnery, or the shaping of solid substances into various
forms by means of a lathe and cutting tools.
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5. pl. The pieces, or chips, detached in the process of
turning from the material turned; -- usually used in the
plural.
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6. (Mil.) A maneuver by which an enemy or a position is
turned.
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Turning and boring mill, a kind of lathe having a vertical
spindle and horizontal face plate, for turning and boring
large work.
Turning bridge. See the Note under Drawbridge.
Turning engine, an engine lathe.
Turning lathe, a lathe used by turners to shape their work.
Turning pair. See the Note under Pair, n.
Turning point, the point upon which a question turns, and
which decides a case.
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Turningness
(gcide) | Turningness \Turn"ing*ness\, n.
The quality of turning; instability; tergiversation. [Obs.]
--Sir P. Sidney.
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Unreturning
(gcide) | Unreturning \Unreturning\
See returning. |
returning
(wn) | returning
adj 1: tending to return to an earlier state [syn: returning,
reverting]
2: tending to be turned back [syn: returning(a), reversive] |
returning officer
(wn) | returning officer
n 1: the official in each electorate who holds the election and
returns the results |
table turning
(wn) | table turning
n 1: manipulation of a table during a seance; attributed to
spirits [syn: table tipping, table tilting, {table
turning}, table lifting] |
turning away
(wn) | turning away
n 1: deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from
happening [syn: avoidance, turning away, shunning,
dodging] |
turning point
(wn) | turning point
n 1: an event marking a unique or important historical change of
course or one on which important developments depend; "the
agreement was a watershed in the history of both nations"
[syn: landmark, turning point, watershed]
2: the intersection of two streets; "standing on the corner
watching all the girls go by" [syn: corner, {street
corner}, turning point] |
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