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Swifter :: Swifter (n.) A rope used to retain the bars of the capstan in their sockets while men are turning it.

Inflection :: Inflection (n.) A bend; a fold; a curve; a turn; a twist.

Odyssey :: Odyssey (n.) An epic poem attributed to Homer, which describes the return of Ulysses to Ithaca after the siege of Troy..

Hopple :: Hopple (n.) A fetter for horses, or cattle, when turned out to graze; -- chiefly used in the plural..

Racer :: Racer (n.) One of the circular iron or steel rails on which the chassis of a heavy gun is turned.

Orientation :: Orientation (n.) Fig.: A return to first principles; an orderly arrangement.

Hemmer :: Hemmer (n.) A tool for turning over the edge of sheet metal to make a hem.

Quirk :: Quirk (n.) A sudden turn; a starting from the point or line; hence, an artful evasion or subterfuge; a shift; a quibble; as, the quirks of a pettifogger..

Pervert :: Pervert (v. t.) To turnanother way; to divert.

Turn :: Turn (n.) Form; cast; shape; manner; fashion; -- used in a literal or figurative sense; hence, form of expression; mode of signifying; as, the turn of thought; a man of a sprightly turn in conversation..

Wimble :: Wimble (n.) An instrument for boring holes, turned by a handle..

Upcast :: Upcast (v. t.) To cast or throw up; to turn upward.

Heeltool :: Heeltool (n.) A tool used by turners in metal, having a bend forming a heel near the cutting end..

Spoked :: Spoke (n.) A contrivance for fastening the wheel of a vehicle, to prevent it from turning in going down a hill..

Drawbridge :: Drawbridge (n.) A bridge of which either the whole or a part is made to be raised up, let down, or drawn or turned aside, to admit or hinder communication at pleasure, as before the gate of a town or castle, or over a navigable river or canal..

Loggerhead :: Loggerhead (n.) An upright piece of round timber, in a whaleboat, over which a turn of the line is taken when it is running out too fast..

Saturnism :: Saturnism (n.) Plumbism.

By-turning :: By-turning (n.) An obscure road; a way turning from the main road.

Rack :: Rack (v. t.) To bind together, as two ropes, with cross turns of yarn, marline, etc..

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

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