Definition of turn

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Turn (n.) An embellishment or grace (marked thus, /), commonly consisting of the principal note, or that on which the turn is made, with the note above, and the semitone below, the note above being sounded first, the principal note next, and the semitone below last, the three being performed quickly, as a triplet preceding the marked note. The turn may be inverted so as to begin with the lower note, in which case the sign is either placed on end thus /, or drawn thus /..

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Driver :: Driver (n.) An attachment to a lathe, spindle, or face plate to turn a carrier..
Stope :: Stopcock (n.) The turning plug, stopper, or spigot of a faucet..
Turn :: Turn (v. i.) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery..
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.
Overturn :: Overturn (v. t.) To overpower; to conquer.
Encash :: Encash (v. t.) To turn into cash; to cash.
Hinge :: Hinge (n.) That on which anything turns or depends; a governing principle; a cardinal point or rule; as, this argument was the hinge on which the question turned..
Revert :: Revert (v. i.) To return, wholly or in part, towards some preexistent form; to take on the traits or characters of an ancestral type..
Hemmer :: Hemmer (n.) An attachment to a sewing machine, for turning under the edge of a piece of fabric, preparatory to stitching it down..
Tournery :: Tournery (n.) Work turned on a lathe; turnery.
Torque :: Torque (n.) A turning or twisting; tendency to turn, or cause to turn, about an axis..
Haw :: Haw (v. t.) To cause to turn, as a team, to the near side, or toward the driver; as, to haw a team of oxen..
Glint :: Glint (v. t.) To glance; to turn; as, to glint the eye..
Sinistrorse :: Sinistrorse (a.) Turning to the left (of the spectator) in the ascending line; -- the opposite of dextrorse. See Dextrorse.
Racer :: Racer (n.) One of the circular iron or steel rails on which the chassis of a heavy gun is turned.
Strainable :: Strain (n.) Turn; tendency; inborn disposition. Cf. 1st Strain.
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..
Lycanthropy :: Lycanthropy (n.) The supposed act of turning one's self or another person into a wolf.
Diverter :: Diverter (n.) One who, or that which, diverts, turns off, or pleases..
Centrebit :: Centrebit (n.) An instrument turning on a center, for boring holes. See Bit, n., 3..
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