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Pivot :: Pivot (n.) Hence, figuratively: A turning point or condition; that on which important results depend; as, the pivot of an enterprise..

Writ :: Writ (n.) An instrument in writing, under seal, in an epistolary form, issued from the proper authority, commanding the performance or nonperformance of some act by the person to whom it is directed; as, a writ of entry, of error, of execution, of injunction, of mandamus, of return, of summons, and the like..

Answer :: Answer (v. i.) To make a satisfactory response or return.

Crincum :: Crincum (n.) A twist or bend; a turn; a whimsey.

Crossette :: Crossette (n.) A return in one of the corners of the architrave of a door or window; -- called also ancon, ear, elbow..

Turn :: Turn (v. i.) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery..

Cynosure :: Cynosure (n.) Anything to which attention is strongly turned; a center of attraction.

Screw-driver :: Screw-driver (n.) A tool for turning screws so as to drive them into their place. It has a thin end which enters the nick in the head of the screw.

Avert :: Avert (n.) To turn aside, or away; as, to avert the eyes from an object; to ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of; as, how can the danger be averted? To avert his ire..

Misderive :: Misderive (v. t.) To turn or divert improperly; to misdirect.

Warble :: Warble (v. i.) To sing in a trilling manner, or with many turns and variations..

Gyroidal :: Gyroidal (a.) Turning the plane of polarization circularly or spirally to the right or left.

Species :: Species (n.) A group of individuals agreeing in common attributes, and designated by a common name; a conception subordinated to another conception, called a genus, or generic conception, from which it differs in containing or comprehending more attributes, and extending to fewer individuals. Thus, man is a species, under animal as a genus; and man, in its turn, may be regarded as a genus with respect to European, American, or the like, as species..

Swivel-eyed :: Swivel (v. i.) To swing or turn, as on a pin or pivot..

Swing :: Swing (v. t.) To admit or turn (anything) for the purpose of shaping it; -- said of a lathe; as, the lathe can swing a pulley of 12 inches diameter..

Turning :: Turning (n.) Turnery, or the shaping of solid substances into various by means of a lathe and cutting tools..

Hit :: Hit (n.) A peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase which hits the mark; as, a happy hit..

Turnpike :: Turnpike (n.) A turnpike road.

Reflection :: Reflection (n.) The return of rays, beams, sound, or the like, from a surface. See Angle of reflection, below..

Contort :: Contort (v. t.) To twist, or twist together; to turn awry; to bend; to distort; to wrest..

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