Definition of turn

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Turn (n.) A fall off the ladder at the gallows; a hanging; -- so called from the practice of causing the criminal to stand on a ladder which was turned over, so throwing him off, when the signal was given..

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Lettern :: Lettern (n.) See Lecturn.
Baffle :: Baffle (v. t.) To check by shifts and turns; to elude; to foil.
Fumble :: Fumble (v. i.) To handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over.
Double :: Double (n.) A turn or circuit in running to escape pursues; hence, a trick; a shift; an artifice..
Bias :: Bias (n.) A weight on the side of the ball used in the game of bowls, or a tendency imparted to the ball, which turns it from a straight line..
Blink :: Blink (v. i.) To turn slightly sour, as beer, mild, etc..
Negative :: Negative (a.) Denying; implying, containing, or asserting denial, negation or refusal; returning the answer no to an inquiry or request; refusing assent; as, a negative answer; a negative opinion; -- opposed to affirmative..
Crinkle :: Crinkle (v. t.) To form with short turns, bends, or wrinkles; to mold into inequalities or sinuosities; to cause to wrinkle or curl..
Double :: Double (v. i.) To return upon one's track; to turn and go back over the same ground, or in an opposite direction..
Nocturne :: Nocturne (n.) A night piece, or serenade. The name is now used for a certain graceful and expressive form of instrumental composition, as the nocturne for orchestra in Mendelsohn's Midsummer-Night's Dream music..
Reversed :: Reversed (a.) Turned side for side, or end for end; changed to the contrary; specifically (Bot. & Zool.), sinistrorse or sinistral; as, a reversed, or sinistral, spiral or shell..
Double :: Double (a.) To make of two thicknesses or folds by turning or bending together in the middle; to fold one part upon another part of; as, to double the leaf of a book, and the like; to clinch, as the fist; -- often followed by up; as, to double up a sheet of paper or cloth..
Countercheck :: Countercheck (v. t.) To oppose or check by some obstacle; to check by a return check.
Upset :: Upset (v. t.) To overturn, overthrow, or overset; as, to upset a carriage; to upset an argument..
Churrworm :: Churrworm (n.) An insect that turns about nimbly; the mole cricket; -- called also fan cricket.
Turnsole :: Turnsole (a.) A purple dye obtained from the plant turnsole. See def. 1 (d).
Saturn :: Saturn (n.) One of the elder and principal deities, the son of Coelus and Terra (Heaven and Earth), and the father of Jupiter. The corresponding Greek divinity was Kro`nos, later CHro`nos, Time..
Intent :: Intent (n.) The act of turning the mind toward an object; hence, a design; a purpose; intention; meaning; drift; aim..
Nyctitropic :: Nyctitropic (a.) Turning or bending at night into special positions.
Warp :: Warp (v. i.) to turn or incline from a straight, true, or proper course; to deviate; to swerve..
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