Definition of turn

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Turn (v. i.) To be nauseated; -- said of the stomach.

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Whorl :: Whorl (n. & v.) A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell..
Stillroom :: Stillness (n.) Habitual silence or quiet; taciturnity.
Quarterly :: Quarterly (adv.) By quarters; once in a quarter of a year; as, the returns are made quarterly..
Odyssey :: Odyssey (n.) An epic poem attributed to Homer, which describes the return of Ulysses to Ithaca after the siege of Troy..
Circumflexion :: Circumflexion (n.) A winding about; a turning; a circuity; a fold.
Septifarious :: Septifarious (a.) Turned in seven different ways.
Turn-out :: Turn-out (n.) A short side track on a railroad, which may be occupied by one train while another is passing on a main track; a shunt; a siding; a switch..
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..
Invillaged :: Invillaged (p. a.) Turned into, or reduced to, a village..
Woodcock :: Woodcock (n.) Any one of several species of long-billed limicoline birds belonging to the genera Scolopax and Philohela. They are mostly nocturnal in their habits, and are highly esteemed as game birds..
Quern :: Quern (n.) A mill for grinding grain, the upper stone of which was turned by hand; -- used before the invention of windmills and watermills..
React :: React (v. i.) To return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force; as, every body reacts on the body that impels it from its natural state..
Hornbug :: Hornbug (n.) A large nocturnal beetle of the genus Lucanus (as L. capreolus, and L. dama), having long, curved upper jaws, resembling a sickle. The grubs are found in the trunks of old trees..
Orientation :: Orientation (n.) Fig.: A return to first principles; an orderly arrangement.
Grind :: Grind (v. i.) To perform the operation of grinding something; to turn the millstones.
Retribution :: Retribution (n.) That which is given in repayment or compensation; return suitable to the merits or deserts of, as an action; commonly, condign punishment for evil or wrong..
Swing :: Swing (n.) To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor; as, a ship swings with the tide..
Alder :: Alder (n.) A tree, usually growing in moist land, and belonging to the genus Alnus. The wood is used by turners, etc.; the bark by dyers and tanners. In the U. S. the species of alder are usually shrubs or small trees..
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..
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) The turning of a gun so as to make it point in any desired direction.
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