Definition of turn

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Turn (v. i.) To invert a type of the same thickness, as temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted..

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Turn :: Turn (v. i.) To be changed, altered, or transformed; to become transmuted; also, to become by a change or changes; to grow; as, wood turns to stone; water turns to ice; one color turns to another; to turn Mohammedan..
Ashes :: Ashes (n. pl.) Specifically: The remains of the human body when burnt, or when returned to dust by natural decay..
Guacharo :: Guacharo (n.) A nocturnal bird of South America and Trinidad (Steatornis Caripensis, or S. steatornis); -- called also oilbird..
Emmarble :: Emmarble (v. t.) To turn to marble; to harden.
Grilse :: Grilse (n.) A young salmon after its first return from the sea.
Whiteboy :: Whiteboy (a.) One of an association of poor Roman catholics which arose in Ireland about 1760, ostensibly to resist the collection of tithes, the members of which were so called from the white shirts they wore in their nocturnal raids..
Somerset :: Somerset (n.) A leap in which a person turns his heels over his head and lights upon his feet; a turning end over end.
Turn-outs :: Turn-outs (pl. ) of Turn-ou.
Stope :: Stopcock (n.) The turning plug, stopper, or spigot of a faucet..
Cruciferous :: Cruciferous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a family of plants which have four petals arranged like the arms of a cross, as the mustard, radish, turnip, etc..
Guilloched :: Guilloched (a.) Waved or engine-turned.
Recurrent :: Recurrent (a.) Returning from time to time; recurring; as, recurrent pains..
Turnsole :: Turnsole (a.) A kind of spurge (Euphorbia Helioscopia).
Unilateral :: Unilateral (a.) Pertaining to one side; one-sided; as, a unilateral raceme, in which the flowers grow only on one side of a common axis, or are all turned to one side..
Tait :: Tait (n.) A small nocturnal and arboreal Australian marsupial (Tarsipes rostratus) about the size of a mouse. It has a long muzzle, a long tongue, and very few teeth, and feeds upon honey and insects. Called also noolbenger..
Again :: Again (adv.) In return, back; as, bring us word again..
Rotate :: Rotate (v. i.) To cause to succeed in turn; esp., to cause to succeed some one, or to be succeeded by some one, in office..
Drillstock :: Drillstock (n.) A contrivance for holding and turning a drill.
Diversion :: Diversion (n.) The act of turning aside from any course, occupation, or object; as, the diversion of a stream from its channel; diversion of the mind from business..
Clough :: Clough (n.) A sluice used in returning water to a channel after depositing its sediment on the flooded land.
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