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REVERSAL |
About-turn |
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ALTERNATELY |
Turn and turn about |
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ENCORE |
Again turn once about |
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ANECDOTE |
Humorous turn about one cadet |
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SNIPER |
Nick, about turn! He’s a crack shot! |
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ROUND |
To go or turn round; to wheel about. |
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WREATHE |
To cause to revolve or writhe; to twist about; to turn. |
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TORQUE |
A turning or twisting; tendency to turn, or cause to turn,
about an axis. |
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WEATHER-BIT |
A turn of the cable about the end of the windlass,
without the bits. |
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SLUE |
In general, to turn about; to twist; -- often used
reflexively and followed by round. |
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SCREW |
To turn one's self uneasily with a twisting motion; as,
he screws about in his chair. |
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CAST |
To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan; as,
to cast about for reasons. |
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WHIFFLE |
To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to
shift, turn, or veer about. |
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WHEEL |
To turn on an axis, or as on an axis; to revolve; to more
about; to rotate; to gyrate. |
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TURN |
The act of turning; movement or motion about, or as if about,
a center or axis; revolution; as, the turn of a wheel. |
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WIND |
To turn completely or repeatedly; to become coiled about
anything; to assume a convolved or spiral form; as, vines wind round a
pole. |
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ABOUT |
To a reserved position; half round; in the opposite
direction; on the opposite tack; as, to face about; to turn one's self
about. |
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RIGHT-ABOUT |
A turning directly about by the right, so as to face
in the opposite direction; also, the quarter directly opposite; as, to
turn to the right-about. |
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HOLLY |
...pecies
(Ilex Aguifolium) is best known, having glossy green leaves, with a
spiny, waved edge, and bearing berries that turn red or yellow about
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HOE |
To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with a hoe;
as, to hoe the earth in a garden; also, to clear from weeds, or to
loosen or arrange the earth about, with a hoe; as, to hoe corn. |
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TUMBLE |
To turn over; to turn or throw about, as for examination
or search; to roll or move in a rough, coarse, or unceremonious manner;
to throw down ... |
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TORSION |
...eing
twisted; the twisting or wrenching of a body by the exertion of a
lateral force tending to turn one end or part of it about a
longitudin... |
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GIMBALS |
... is so pivoted to its support that it can
turn about a diameter at right angles to the first. ... |
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MACHINE |
...screw and its nut, or a
lever arranged to turn about a fulcrum or a pulley about its pivot,
etc.; especially, a construction, more or less compl... |