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Webster 1913 Edition
Turning
Turn′ing
,Noun.
1.
The act of one who, or that which, turns; also, a winding; a bending course; a flexure; a meander.
Through paths and
turnings
often trod by day. Milton.
2.
The place of a turn; an angle or corner, as of a road.
It is preached at every
turning
. Coleridge.
3.
Deviation from the way or proper course.
Harmar.
4.
Turnery, or the shaping of solid substances into various forms by means of a lathe and cutting tools.
5.
pl.
The pieces, or chips, detached in the process of turning from the material turned; – usually used in the plural.
6.
(Mil.)
A maneuver by which an enemy or a position is turned.
Turning and boring mill
, a kind of lathe having a vertical spindle and horizontal face plate, for turning and boring large work.
– Turning bridge
. See the Note under
– Drawbridge
. Turning engine
, an engine lathe.
– Turning lathe
, a lathe used by turners to shape their work.
– Turning pair
. See the Note under
– Pair
, Noun.
Turning point
, the point upon which a question turns, and which decides a case.
Webster 1828 Edition
Turning
TURN'ING
,ppr.
TURN'ING
,Noun.
1.
Deviation from the way or proper course.