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.
Defn: The pieces, or chips, detached in the process of turning from the material turned.
6. (Mil.)
Defn: 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.
TURNINGNESS
Turn"ing*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of turning; instability; tergiversation. [Obs.] Sir
P. Sidney.
TURNIP Tur"nip, n. Etym: [OE. turnep; probably fr. turn, or F. tour a turn, turning lathe + OE. nepe a turnip, AS. næpe, L. napus. Cf. Turn,v. t., Navew.] (Bot.)