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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Saturnine :: Saturnine (a.) Born under, or influenced by, the planet Saturn..
Pervert :: Pervert (v. t.) To turnanother way; to divert.
Cock :: Cock (v. t.) To set erect; to turn up.
Misturn :: Misturn (v. t.) To turn amiss; to pervert.
Weather-bit :: Weather-bit (n.) A turn of the cable about the end of the windlass, without the bits..
Throwe :: Throwe (n.) A turning lathe.
Whim :: Whim (n.) A sudden turn or start of the mind; a temporary eccentricity; a freak; a fancy; a capricious notion; a humor; a caprice.
Turnstile :: Turnstile (n.) A similar arrangement for registering the number of persons passing through a gateway, doorway, or the like..
Circumgyratory :: Circumgyratory (a.) Moving in a circle; turning round.
Redeliver :: Redeliver (v. t.) To deliver or give back; to return.
Turn :: Turn (v. i.) To become inclined in the other direction; -- said of scales.
Subdiaconate :: Subderivative (n.) A word derived from a derivative, and not directly from the root; as, friendliness is a subderivative, being derived from friendly, which is in turn a derivative from friend..
Reflect :: Reflect (v. i.) To throw back light, heat, or the like; to return rays or beams..
Return :: Return (n.) An account, or formal report, of an action performed, of a duty discharged, of facts or statistics, and the like; as, election returns; a return of the amount of goods produced or sold; especially, in the plural, a set of tabulated statistics prepared for general information..
Roundhouse :: Roundhouse (n.) A house for locomotive engines, built circularly around a turntable..
Deturn :: Deturn (v. t.) To turn away.
Revenge :: Revenge (n.) The act of revenging; vengeance; retaliation; a returning of evil for evil.
Turnsole :: Turnsole (a.) The euphorbiaceous plant Chrozophora tinctoria.
Reply :: Reply (v. i.) Figuratively, to do something in return for something done; as, to reply to a signal; to reply to the fire of a battery..
Weasel :: Weasel (n.) Any one of various species of small carnivores belonging to the genus Putorius, as the ermine and ferret. They have a slender, elongated body, and are noted for the quickness of their movements and for their bloodthirsty habit in destroying poultry, rats, etc. The ermine and some other species are brown in summer, and turn white in winter; others are brown at all seasons..
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