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Reel :: Reel (n.) A frame with radial arms, or a kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound; as, a log reel, used by seamen; an angler's reel; a garden reel..

Acescent :: Acescent (a.) Turning sour; readily becoming tart or acid; slightly sour.

Swifter :: Swifter (n.) A rope used to retain the bars of the capstan in their sockets while men are turning it.

Reciprocation :: Reciprocation (n.) The act of reciprocating; interchange of acts; a mutual giving and returning; as, the reciprocation of kindnesses..

Bore :: Bore (v. t.) To perforate or penetrate, as a solid body, by turning an auger, gimlet, drill, or other instrument; to make a round hole in or through; to pierce; as, to bore a plank..

Stopcock :: Stopcock (n.) A bib, faucet, or short pipe, fitted with a turning stopper or plug for permitting or restraining the flow of a liquid or gas; a cock or valve for checking or regulating the flow of water, gas, etc., through or from a pipe, etc..

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

Crisis :: Crisis (n.) The point of time when it is to be decided whether any affair or course of action must go on, or be modified or terminate; the decisive moment; the turning point..

Turning :: Turning (n.) Turnery, or the shaping of solid substances into various by means of a lathe and cutting tools..

Carnification :: Carnification (n.) The act or process of turning to flesh, or to a substance resembling flesh..

Overturn :: Overturn (n.) The act off overturning, or the state of being overturned or subverted; overthrow; as, an overturn of parties..

Borrow :: Borrow (v. t.) To receive from another as a loan, with the implied or expressed intention of returning the identical article or its equivalent in kind; -- the opposite of lend..

Turning :: Turning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tur.

Rotative :: Rotative (a.) turning, as a wheel; rotary; rotational..

Tumbler :: Tumbler (n.) A variety of the domestic pigeon remarkable for its habit of tumbling, or turning somersaults, during its flight..

Feathering :: Feathering (n.) The act of turning the blade of the oar, as it rises from the water in rowing, from a vertical to a horizontal position. See To feather an oar, under Feather, v. t..

Wheel :: Wheel (n.) A circular frame turning about an axis; a rotating disk, whether solid, or a frame composed of an outer rim, spokes or radii, and a central hub or nave, in which is inserted the axle, -- used for supporting and conveying vehicles, in machinery, and for various purposes; as, the wheel of a wagon, of a locomotive, of a mill, of a watch, etc..

Homing :: Homing (a.) Home-returning; -- used specifically of carrier pigeons.

Return :: Return (n.) The act of returning (transitive), or sending back to the same place or condition; restitution; repayment; requital; retribution; as, the return of anything borrowed, as a book or money; a good return in tennis..

Wheeling :: Wheeling (n.) A turning, or circular movement..

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