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Brake :: Brake (v. t.) That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn..

Warble :: Warble (v. t.) To sing in a trilling, quavering, or vibratory manner; to modulate with turns or variations; to trill; as, certain birds are remarkable for warbling their songs..

Quarterpace :: Quarterpace (n.) A platform of a staircase where the stair turns at a right angle only. See Halfpace.

West :: West (v. i.) To turn or move toward the west; to veer from the north or south toward the west.

Resound :: Resound (v. t.) To throw back, or return, the sound of; to echo; to reverberate..

Turn :: Turn (v. t.) To give another direction, tendency, or inclination to; to direct otherwise; to deflect; to incline differently; -- used both literally and figuratively; as, to turn the eyes to the heavens; to turn a horse from the road, or a ship from her course; to turn the attention to or from something..

Alternately :: Alternately (adv.) In reciprocal succession; succeeding by turns; in alternate order.

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

Weather-bit :: Weather-bit (n.) A turn of the cable about the end of the windlass, without the bits..

Mouldboard :: Mouldboard (n.) A curved plate of iron (originally of wood) back of the share of a plow, which turns over the earth in plowing..

Screw-driver :: Screw-driver (n.) A tool for turning screws so as to drive them into their place. It has a thin end which enters the nick in the head of the screw.

Hooded :: Hooded (a.) Hood-shaped; esp. (Bot.), rolled up like a cornet of paper; cuculate, as the spethe of the Indian turnip..

Perversed :: Perversed (a.) Turned aside.

Cat''s-paw :: Cat's-paw (n.) A particular hitch or turn in the bight of a rope, into which a tackle may be hooked..

Transfugitive :: Transfugitive (n.) One who flees from one side to another; hence, a deserter; a turncoat; an apostate..

Offset :: Offset (n.) An abrupt bend in an object, as a rod, by which one part is turned aside out of line, but nearly parallel, with the rest; the part thus bent aside..

Gyration :: Gyration (n.) The act of turning or whirling, as around a fixed center; a circular or spiral motion; motion about an axis; rotation; revolution..

Gyroidal :: Gyroidal (a.) Turning the plane of polarization circularly or spirally to the right or left.

Turnpike :: Turnpike (n.) A winding stairway.

Whorl :: Whorl (n. & v.) A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell..

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