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Turning lathe

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.

Usage examples of "turning lathe".

The blocks were manufactured by Cyrus Harding under Pencroft's directions by means of the turning lathe.

Always to Ju'm, the turning lathe partook of magic, though he understood the mechanical principles well enough.

The tools were fixed on frames driven by machinery, some moving in a rotary direction round an upright shaft, some with the shaft horizontal like an ordinary wood-turning lathe, while in others the tools were fixed on frames sliding in stationary grooves.

Veal had an orrery, an electrifying machine, a turning lathe, a theatre (in the wash-house), a chemical apparatus, and what he called a select library of all the works of the best authors of ancient and modern times and languages.