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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Refractive :: Refractive (a.) Serving or having power to refract, or turn from a direct course; pertaining to refraction; as, refractive surfaces; refractive powers..
Turn :: Turn (v. t.) To sicken; to nauseate; as, an emetic turns one's stomach..
Upcast :: Upcast (v. t.) To cast or throw up; to turn upward.
Antiperiodic :: Antiperiodic (n.) A remedy possessing the property of preventing the return of periodic paroxysms, or exacerbations, of disease, as in intermittent fevers..
Turn :: Turn (v. i.) To become giddy; -- said of the head or brain.
Apheliotropic :: Apheliotropic (a.) Turning away from the sun; -- said of leaves, etc..
Obliquation :: Obliquation (n.) The act of becoming oblique; a turning to one side; obliquity; as, the obliquation of the eyes..
Brush Wheel :: Brush wheel () A wheel without teeth, used to turn a similar one by the friction of bristles or something brushlike or soft attached to the circumference..
Turn :: Turn (v. i.) To change from ebb to flow, or from flow to ebb; -- said of the tide..
Respond :: Respond (v. i.) To say somethin in return; to answer; to reply; as, to respond to a question or an argument..
Allegorization :: Allegorization (n.) The act of turning into allegory, or of understanding in an allegorical sense..
Turnbroach :: Turnbroach (n.) A turnspit.
Topsy-turvy :: Topsy-turvy (adv.) In an inverted posture; with the top or head downward; upside down; as, to turn a carriage topsy-turvy..
Pigeontoed :: Pigeontoed (a.) Having the toes turned in.
Replication :: Replication (n.) Return or repercussion, as of sound; echo..
Halfpace :: Halfpace (n.) A platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight. See Quarterpace.
Overturn :: Overturn (v. t.) To overpower; to conquer.
Recourse :: Recourse (n.) A coursing back, or coursing again, along the line of a previous coursing; renewed course; return; retreat; recurence..
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..
Belt :: Belt (n.) One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds..
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