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Turn
·noun Monthly courses; menses.
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re
rĕ, or with I d demonstrative (see the letter D), rĕd (so, too, before vowels and h; also in re...
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·- A syllable applied in solmization to the second tone of the diatonic scale of C; in the American ...
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Re-
·- A prefix signifying back, against, again, anew; as, recline, to lean back; recall, to call back; ...
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Ampere turn
·add. ·- A unit equal to the product of one complete convolution (of a coiled conductor) into one am...
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Sea turn
·- A breeze, gale, or mist from the sea.
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Turn-buckle
·noun A gravitating catch, as for fastening a shutter, the end of a chain, or a hasp.
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Turn-out
·noun Net quantity of produce yielded.
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Turn-outs
·pl of Turn-out.
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Turn-sick
·adj <<Giddy>>.
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to turn in
To go to bed. Originally a seaman's phrase, but now common on land.
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land-turn
A wind that blows in the night, at certain times, in most hot countries.
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pike-turn
See chevaux de frise.
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sea-turn
A tack into the offing.
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turn ahead!
A self-explanatory order to the engineer, in regulating the movement of a steamer.
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Re coverance
·noun <<Recovery>>.
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Re proval
·noun <<Reproof>>.
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Re sign
·noun <<Resignation>>.
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Re-ally
·vt To bring together again; to compose or form anew.
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Re-collect
·vt To collect again; to gather what has been scattered; as, to re-collect routed troops.
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Re-create
·vt To create or form anew.
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Re-creation
·noun A forming anew; a new creation or formation.
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Re-creative
·adj Creating anew; as, re-creative power.
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Re-demption
·noun Performance of the obligation stated in a note, bill, bond, or other evidence of debt, by maki...
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Re-ferment
·vt & ·vi To ferment, or cause to ferment, again.
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Re-form
·vt & ·vi To give a new form to; to form anew; to take form again, or to take a new form; as, to re-...
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Re-formation
·noun The act of forming anew; a second forming in order; as, the reformation of a column of troops ...
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Re-formed
·Impf & ·p.p. of Re-form.
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Re-forming
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Re-form.
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Re-let
·vt To let anew, as a house.
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Re-mark
·vt To mark again, or a second time; to mark anew.
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Re-present
·vt To present again; as, to re-present the points of an <<Argument>>.
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Re-presentation
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Re-reiterate
·vt To reiterate many times.
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Re-resolve
·vt & ·vi To resolve again.
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Re-search
·vt To search again; to examine anew.
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Re-sign
·vt To affix one's signature to, a second time; to sign again.
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Re-sound
·vt & ·vi To sound again or anew.
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Re-store
·vt To store again; as, the goods taken out were re-stored.
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to re-charter
To charter again; to grant a second or another charter to.--Webster.
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to re-insure
To insure the same property a second time by other underwriters.--Webster.
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to re-investigate
To investigate again.--Webster.
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to re-land
To go on shore after having embarked.--Webster.
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to re-loan
To loan again; to lend what has been lent and repaid.--Webster.
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to re-open
To open again.--Webster. This word is much used. The theatre re-opens for the season. The schools re...
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to re-ship
To ship again; to ship what has been conveyed by water or imported.--Webster.
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re-supper
a second supper. Lane.
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re-assemble
To gather together a fleet, or convoy, after having been scattered.
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re-insurance
To insure the same property a second time by other underwriters. If an underwriter find that he has ...
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re-ship
To ship again, or ship goods that have been imported or conveyed by water.
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half-turn ahead!
An order in steam navigation. (See turn ahead!)
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turn in, to
To go to bed.
♦ To turn out. To get up.
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turn the glass
The order in throwing the log when the stray line is payed out.
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re-entering angle
In fortification, is an angle whose vertex points inward, or towards the place.
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catch a turn there
Belay quickly.
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turn, to catch a
To pass a rope once or twice round a cleat, pin, kevel, or any other thing, to keep it fast.
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turn, to take or catch a
To pass a rope once or twice round a cleat, pin, kevel, or any other thing, to keep it fast.
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turn a turtle, to
To take the animal by seizing a flipper, and throwing him on his back, which renders him quite helpl...
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turn in the hawse
Two crosses in a cable.
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turn of the tide
The change from ebb to flood, or the contrary.
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turn out the guard!
The order for the marines of the guard to fall in, on the quarter-deck, in order to receive a superi...
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turn over men, to
To discharge them out of one ship into another.
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turn to windward, to
To gain on the wind by alternate tacking. It is when a ship endeavours to make progress against the ...
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round-turn in the hawse
A term implying the situation of the two cables of a ship, which, when moored, has swung the wrong w...
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turn in a heart, to
To seize the end of a shroud or stay, &c., securely round it.
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turn the hands up, to
To summon the entire crew on deck.
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bring up with a round turn
Suddenly arresting a running rope by taking a round turn round a bollard, bitt-head, or cleat. Said ...
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turn in a dead-eye or heart, to
To seize the end of a shroud or stay, &c., securely round it.
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