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ROTATE |
Turn round |
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WEND |
To turn round. |
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GYRE |
To turn round; to gyrate. |
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TRILL |
To turn round; to twirl. |
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TWINE |
To turn round; to revolve. |
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ROUND |
To go or turn round; to wheel about. |
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BITTER |
AA turn of the cable which is round the bitts. |
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WHIRL |
To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity;
to make to revolve. |
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TROCHILIC |
OF or pertaining to rotary motion; having power to draw
out or turn round. |
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CIRCUMGYRATE |
To roll or turn round; to cause to perform a
rotary or circular motion. |
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SLUE |
In general, to turn about; to twist; -- often used
reflexively and followed by round. |
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SPIN |
To cause to turn round rapidly; to whirl; to twirl; as, to
spin a top. |
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GIMLET |
To turn round (an anchor) by the stock, with a motion
like turning a gimlet. |
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QUERL |
To twirl; to turn or wind round; to coil; as, to querl a
cord, thread, or rope. |
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TWIRL |
To move or turn round rapidly; to whirl round; to move
and turn rapidly with the fingers. |
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RUN |
To turn, as a wheel; to revolve on an axis or pivot; as, a
wheel runs swiftly round. |
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SWING |
To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor; as,
a ship swings with the tide. |
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SUCCULA |
A bare axis or cylinder with staves or levers in it to
turn it round, but without any drum. |
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CANT |
To give a sudden turn or new direction to; as, to cant
round a stick of timber; to cant a football. |
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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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LOGGERHEAD |
An upright piece of round timber, in a whaleboat, over
which a turn of the line is taken when it is running out too fast. |
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BOUT |
As much of an action as is performed at one time; a going and
returning, as of workmen in reaping, mowing, etc.; a turn; a round. |
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REVOLVE |
To turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a
wheel; to rotate, -- which is the more specific word in this sense. |
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TRAVERSE |
To turn, as on a pivot; to move round; to swivel; as,
the needle of a compass traverses; if it does not traverse well, it is
an unsafe guide. |