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Having furrowed edges, as if turned in a lathe.

• Turnbroach
  A turnspit.
• Turnkey
  A person who has charge of the keys of a prison, for opening and fastening the doors; a warder.
• Turnwrest
  Designating a cumbersome style of plow used in England, esp. in Kent.
• Havener
  A harbor master.
• Turn-buckle
  A loop or sleeve with a screw thread at one end and a swivel at the other, -- used for tightening a rod, stay, etc.
• Turn-outs
  of Turn-out
• Haversack
  A bag for oats or oatmeal.
• Turnbull's blue
  The double cyanide of ferrous and ferric iron, a dark blue amorphous substance having a coppery luster, used in dyeing, calico printing, etc. Cf. Prussian blue, under Prussian.
• Turn-out
  The act of coming forth; a leaving of houses, shops, etc.; esp., a quitting of employment for the purpose of forcing increase of wages; a strike; -- opposed to lockout.
• LATHEREEVELATHREEVE
  Formerly, the head officer of a lathe. See 1st Lathe.
• Edgeshot
  Having an edge planed, -- said of a board.
• Haversian
  Pertaining to, or discovered by, Clopton Havers, an English physician of the seventeenth century.
• Turncoat
  One who forsakes his party or his principles; a renegade; an apostate.
• Turnover
  The act or result of turning over; an upset; as, a bad turnover in a carriage.
• TURNBULLSBLUE
  The double cyanide of ferrous and ferric iron, a dark blue amorphous substance having a coppery luster, used in dyeing, calico printing, etc. Cf. Prussian blue, under Prussian.
• Havildar
  In the British Indian armies, a noncommissioned officer of native soldiers, corresponding to a sergeant.
• Turnep
  See Turnip.

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