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The euphorbiaceous plant Chrozophora tinctoria.
v. t.
To sing in a trilling, quavering, or vibratory manner; to modulate with turns or variations; to trill; as, certain birds are remarkable for warbling their songs.
n.
Any species of limicoline birds of the genera Strepsilas and Arenaria, allied to the plovers, especially the common American and European species (Strepsilas interpres). They are so called from their habit of turning up small stones in search of mollusks and other aquatic animals. Called also brant bird, sand runner, sea quail, sea lark, sparkback, and skirlcrake.
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A plant of the genus Heliotropium; heliotrope; -- so named because its flowers are supposed to turn toward the sun.
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A kind of spurge (Euphorbia Helioscopia).
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The act of one who, or that which, turns; also, a winding; a bending course; a fiexure; a meander.
v. i.
To sing in a trilling manner, or with many turns and variations.
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One who turns; especially, one whose occupation is to form articles with a lathe.
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A turnspit.
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A revolving frame in a footpath, preventing the passage of horses or cattle, but admitting that of persons; a turnpike. See Turnpike, n., 1.
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A similar arrangement for registering the number of persons passing through a gateway, doorway, or the like.
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Litmus.
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One who turns a spit; hence, a person engaged in some menial office.
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To remove the turns of (a rope or cable) from the bits; as, to unbit a cable.
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A small breed of dogs having a long body and short crooked legs. These dogs were formerly much used for turning a spit on which meat was roasting.
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The sunflower.
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To wind; to bend; to make turns; to meander.
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A purple dye obtained from the plant turnsole. See def. 1 (d).
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A frame consisting of two bars crossing each other at right angles and turning on a post or pin, to hinder the passage of beasts, but admitting a person to pass between the arms; a turnstile. See Turnstile, 1.
v. t.
To move one way and the other with quick turns; to shake to and fro; to move vibratingly; to cause to vibrate, as a part of the body; as, to wag the head.
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