The Collaborative International Dictionary
Turning \Turn"ing\, n.
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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.
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The place of a turn; an angle or corner, as of a road.
It is preached at every turning.
--Coleridge. Deviation from the way or proper course.
--Harmar.Turnery, or the shaping of solid substances into various by means of a lathe and cutting tools.
pl. The pieces, or chips, detached in the process of turning from the material turned.
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(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.