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Torque :: Torque (n.) A turning or twisting; tendency to turn, or cause to turn, about an axis..

Key :: Key (n.) A bar, pin or wedge, to secure a crank, pulley, coupling, etc., upon a shaft, and prevent relative turning; sometimes holding by friction alone, but more frequently by its resistance to shearing, being usually embedded partly in the shaft and partly in the crank, pulley, etc..

Flexion :: Flexion (n.) The act of flexing or bending; a turning.

Broad :: Broad (n.) A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.

Shunt :: Shunt (v. t.) A turning off to a side or short track, that the principal track may be left free..

Galilee :: Galilee (n.) A porch or waiting room, usually at the west end of an abbey church, where the monks collected on returning from processions, where bodies were laid previous to interment, and where women were allowed to see the monks to whom they were related, or to hear divine service. Also, frequently applied to the porch of a church, as at Ely and Durham cathedrals..

Deflexure :: Deflexure (n.) A bending or turning aside; deflection.

Turnpike :: Turnpike (n.) A frame consisting of two bars crossing each other at right angles and turning on a post or pin, to hinder the passage of beasts, but admitting a person to pass between the arms; a turnstile. See Turnstile, 1..

Reversion :: Reversion (n.) The act of returning, or coming back; return..

Whisket :: Whisket (n.) A small lathe for turning wooden pins.

Torsion :: Torsion (n.) The act of turning or twisting, or the state of being twisted; the twisting or wrenching of a body by the exertion of a lateral force tending to turn one end or part of it about a longitudinal axis, while the other is held fast or turned in the opposite direction..

Rummage :: Rummage (n.) A searching carefully by looking into every corner, and by turning things over..

Turning :: Turning (n.) Deviation from the way or proper course.

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..

Revulsion :: Revulsion (n.) The act of turning or diverting any disease from one part of the body to another. It resembles derivation, but is usually applied to a more active form of counter irritation..

Regular :: Regular (a.) Governed by rule or rules; steady or uniform in course, practice, or occurence; not subject to unexplained or irrational variation; returning at stated intervals; steadily pursued; orderlly; methodical; as, the regular succession of day and night; regular habits..

Somerset :: Somerset (n.) A leap in which a person turns his heels over his head and lights upon his feet; a turning end over end.

Loop :: Loop (n.) A wire forming part of a main circuit and returning to the point from which it starts.

Turningness :: Turningness (n.) The quality of turning; instability; tergiversation.

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..

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