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Turning \Turn"ing\, n.

  1. The act of one who, or that which, turns; also, a winding; a bending course; a fiexure; 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 by means of a lathe and cutting tools.

  5. pl. The pieces, or chips, detached in the process of turning from the material turned.

  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, n.

    Turning point, the point upon which a question turns, and which decides a case.