Definition of turn

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Turn (n.) Convenience; occasion; purpose; exigence; as, this will not serve his turn..

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Myna :: Myna (n.) Any one of numerous species of Asiatic starlings of the genera Acridotheres, Sturnopastor, Sturnia, Gracula, and allied genera. In habits they resemble the European starlings, and like them are often caged and taught to talk. See Hill myna, under Hill, and Mino bird..
Revolve :: Revolve (v. i.) To turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel; to rotate, -- which is the more specific word in this sense..
Entropium :: Entropium (n.) The inversion or turning in of the border of the eyelids.
Regression :: Regression (n.) The act of passing back or returning; retrogression; retrogradation.
Pluto :: Pluto (n.) The son of Saturn and Rhea, brother of Jupiter and Neptune; the dark and gloomy god of the Lower World..
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. t.) To claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to attempt to recover possession of.
Divert :: Divert (v. i.) To turn aside; to digress.
Insociable :: Insociable (a.) Not sociable or companionable; disinclined to social intercourse or conversation; unsociable; taciturn.
Wimble :: Wimble (n.) An instrument for boring holes, turned by a handle..
Home-coming :: Home-coming (n.) Return home.
Quaquaversal :: Quaquaversal (a.) Turning or dipping in any or every direction.
Cresset :: Cresset (n.) An open frame or basket of iron, filled with combustible material, to be burned as a beacon; an open lamp or firrepan carried on a pole in nocturnal processions..
Vertex :: Vertex (n.) A turning point; the principal or highest point; top; summit; crown; apex.
Saturn :: Saturn (n.) The metal lead.
Quittal :: Quittal (n.) Return; requital; quittance.
Incline :: Incline (v. t.) To impart a tendency or propensity to, as to the will or affections; to turn; to dispose; to influence..
Warp :: Warp (v. i.) to turn or incline from a straight, true, or proper course; to deviate; to swerve..
Gimbals :: Gimbals (n.) A contrivance for permitting a body to incline freely in all directions, or for suspending anything, as a barometer, ship's compass, chronometer, etc., so that it will remain plumb, or level, when its support is tipped, as by the rolling of a ship. It consists of a ring in which the body can turn on an axis through a diameter of the ring, while the ring itself is so pivoted to its support that it can turn about a diameter at right angles to the first..
Deflect :: Deflect (v. i.) To turn aside; to deviate from a right or a horizontal line, or from a proper position, course or direction; to swerve..
Nocturnal :: Nocturnal (a.) Having a habit of seeking food or moving about at night; as, nocturnal birds and insects..
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