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Decline :: Decline (v. i.) To turn away; to shun; to refuse; -- the opposite of accept or consent; as, he declined, upon principle..

Blancher :: Blancher (n.) One who, or that which, frightens away or turns aside..

Whiffle :: Whiffle (v. i.) To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to shift, turn, or veer about..

Backhanded :: Backhanded (a.) With the hand turned backward; as, a backhanded blow..

Ambury :: Ambury (n.) A disease of the roots of turnips, etc.; -- called also fingers and toes..

Thumbscrew :: Thumbscrew (n.) A screw having a flat-sided or knurled head, so that it may be turned by the thumb and forefinger..

Frill :: Frill (v. t.) To provide or decorate with a frill or frills; to turn back. in crimped plaits; as, to frill a cap..

Capsize :: Capsize (v. t. & i.) To upset or overturn, as a vessel or other body..

Recompense :: Recompense (v. t.) To give in return; to pay back; to pay, as something earned or deserved..

Revolve :: Revolve (v. i.) To return; to pass.

Rove :: Rove (v. t.) To plow into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows together.

Reflect :: Reflect (v. i.) To throw back light, heat, or the like; to return rays or beams..

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

Contourniated :: Contourniated (a.) Having furrowed edges, as if turned in a lathe..

Short :: Short (adv.) In a short manner; briefly; limitedly; abruptly; quickly; as, to stop short in one's course; to turn short..

Saw-set :: Saw-set (n.) An instrument used to set or turn the teeth of a saw a little sidewise, that they may make a kerf somewhat wider than the thickness of the blade, to prevent friction; -- called also saw-wrest..

Odyssey :: Odyssey (n.) An epic poem attributed to Homer, which describes the return of Ulysses to Ithaca after the siege of Troy..

Wreathe :: Wreathe (n.) To cause to revolve or writhe; to twist about; to turn.

Pivot :: Pivot (n.) Hence, figuratively: A turning point or condition; that on which important results depend; as, the pivot of an enterprise..

Wind :: Wind (v. i.) To turn completely or repeatedly; to become coiled about anything; to assume a convolved or spiral form; as, vines wind round a pole..

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