Definition of turn

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Turn (v. i.) To become inclined in the other direction; -- said of scales.

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Equal :: Equal (v. t.) To make equal return to; to recompense fully.
Turnsole :: Turnsole (a.) Litmus.
Brake :: Brake (v. t.) That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn..
Rotate :: Rotate (v. i.) To cause to turn round or revolve, as a wheel around an axle..
Exstrophy :: Exstrophy (n.) The eversion or turning out of any organ, or of its inner surface; as, exstrophy of the eyelid or of the bladder..
Posset :: Posset (v. t.) To curdle; to turn, as milk; to coagulate; as, to posset the blood..
Baffle :: Baffle (v. t.) To check by shifts and turns; to elude; to foil.
Shift :: Shift (v. t.) The change of one set of workmen for another; hence, a spell, or turn, of work; also, a set of workmen who work in turn with other sets; as, a night shift..
Gyration :: Gyration (n.) The act of turning or whirling, as around a fixed center; a circular or spiral motion; motion about an axis; rotation; revolution..
Swedenborgian :: Swede (n.) A Swedish turnip. See under Turnip.
Lycanthropy :: Lycanthropy (n.) The supposed act of turning one's self or another person into a wolf.
Winding :: Winding (n.) A turn or turning; a bend; a curve; flexure; meander; as, the windings of a road or stream..
Ebrillade :: Ebrillade (n.) A bridle check; a jerk of one rein, given to a horse when he refuses to turn..
Spell :: Spell (n.) The relief of one person by another in any piece of work or watching; also, a turn at work which is carried on by one person or gang relieving another; as, a spell at the pumps; a spell at the masthead..
Return :: Return (v. i.) To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition.
Napiform :: Napiform (a.) Turnip-shaped; large and round in the upper part, and very slender below..
Lotus :: Lotus (n.) The lotus of the lotuseaters, probably a tree found in Northern Africa, Sicily, Portugal, and Spain (Zizyphus Lotus), the fruit of which is mildly sweet. It was fabled by the ancients to make strangers who ate of it forget their native country, or lose all desire to return to it..
Sea Quail :: Sea quail () The turnstone.
Twist :: Twist (v. t.) To distort, as a solid body, by turning one part relatively to another about an axis passing through both; to subject to torsion; as, to twist a shaft..
Circumgyrate :: Circumgyrate (v. t. & i.) To roll or turn round; to cause to perform a rotary or circular motion.
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