Definition of turn

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Turn (v. i.) To change from ebb to flow, or from flow to ebb; -- said of the tide..

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Arbor :: Arbor (n.) A mandrel in lathe turning.
Screw :: Screw (v. i.) To turn one's self uneasily with a twisting motion; as, he screws about in his chair..
Gyre :: Gyre (v. t. & i.) To turn round; to gyrate.
Overturner :: Overturner (n.) One who overturns.
Subvert :: Subvert (v. t.) To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound..
Crankle :: Crankle (v. t.) To break into bends, turns, or angles; to crinkle..
Decline :: Decline (v. t.) To put or turn aside; to turn off or away from; to refuse to undertake or comply with; reject; to shun; to avoid; as, to decline an offer; to decline a contest; he declined any participation with them..
Cleat :: Cleat (n.) A device made of wood or metal, having two arms, around which turns may be taken with a line or rope so as to hold securely and yet be readily released. It is bolted by the middle to a deck or mast, etc., or it may be lashed to a rope..
Mare''s-nest :: Mare's-nest (n.) A supposed discovery which turns out to be a hoax; something grosaly absurd.
Dereligionize :: Dereligionize (v. t.) To make irreligious; to turn from religion.
Lemur :: Lemur (n.) One of a family (Lemuridae) of nocturnal mammals allied to the monkeys, but of small size, and having a sharp and foxlike muzzle, and large eyes. They feed upon birds, insects, and fruit, and are mostly natives of Madagascar and the neighboring islands, one genus (Galago) occurring in Africa. The slow lemur or kukang of the East Indies is Nycticebus tardigradus. See Galago, Indris, and Colugo..
Hood :: Hood (n.) A chimney top, often contrived to secure a constant draught by turning with the wind..
Cast :: Cast (v. i.) To turn the head of a vessel around from the wind in getting under weigh.
Squeal :: Squeal (v. i.) To turn informer; to betray a secret.
Versor :: Versor (n.) The turning factor of a quaternion.
Feed :: Feed (n.) The motion, or act, of carrying forward the stuff to be operated upon, as cloth to the needle in a sewing machine; or of producing progressive operation upon any material or object in a machine, as, in a turning lathe, by moving the cutting tool along or in the work..
Repel :: Repel (v. t.) To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant..
Root :: Root (v. i.) To turn up the earth with the snout, as swine..
Revenge :: Revenge (n.) The act of revenging; vengeance; retaliation; a returning of evil for evil.
Pac :: Pac (n.) A kind of moccasin, having the edges of the sole turned up and sewed to the upper..
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