Definition of turn

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Turn (n.) Incidental or opportune deed or office; occasional act of kindness or malice; as, to do one an ill turn..

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Disturb :: Disturb (v. t.) To turn from a regular or designed course.
Diuturnity :: Diuturnity (n.) Long duration; lastingness.
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..
Hooded :: Hooded (a.) Hood-shaped; esp. (Bot.), rolled up like a cornet of paper; cuculate, as the spethe of the Indian turnip..
Overset :: Overset (v. t.) To turn or tip (anything) over from an upright, or a proper, position so that it lies upon its side or bottom upwards; to upset; as, to overset a chair, a coach, a ship, or a building..
Turnsole :: Turnsole (a.) Litmus.
Unbit :: Unbit (v. t.) To remove the turns of (a rope or cable) from the bits; as, to unbit a cable..
Turn :: Turn (n.) Convenience; occasion; purpose; exigence; as, this will not serve his turn..
Rotation :: Rotation (n.) Any return or succesion in a series.
Return :: Return (v. i.) To revert; to pass back into possession.
Slue :: Slue (v. i.) To turn about; to turn from the course; to slip or slide and turn from an expected or desired course; -- often followed by round.
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..
Reversion :: Reversion (n.) A return towards some ancestral type or character; atavism.
Conveyor :: Conveyor (n.) A contrivance for carrying objects from place to place; esp., one for conveying grain, coal, etc., -- as a spiral or screw turning in a pipe or trough, an endless belt with buckets, or a truck running along a rope..
Overturn :: Overturn (v. t.) To overpower; to conquer.
Voluble :: Voluble (a.) Easily rolling or turning; easily set in motion; apt to roll; rotating; as, voluble particles of matter..
Brougham :: Brougham (n.) A light, close carriage, with seats inside for two or four, and the fore wheels so arranged as to turn short..
Skew :: Skew (a.) Turned or twisted to one side; situated obliquely; skewed; -- chiefly used in technical phrases.
Wheeling :: Wheeling (n.) A turning, or circular movement..
Countercheck :: Countercheck (v. t.) To oppose or check by some obstacle; to check by a return check.
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