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Born under, or influenced by, the planet Saturn.

Plumbum. Quain.

A person of a dull, grave, gloomy temperament. W. browne.

A breeze, gale, or mist from the sea. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

The turns in a series circuit.

Like or pertaining to the starlings.

Habitually silent; not given to converse; not apt to talk or speak. -- Tac"i*turn*ly, adv.

Habilual silence, or reserve in speaking. The cause of Addison's taciturnity was a natural diffidence in the company of strangers. V. Knox. The taciturnity and the short answers which gave so much offense. Macaulay.

To turn upside down; to subvert; to upset. [Obs.] Wyclif.

To turn in a reserve way, especially so as to open something; as, to unturn a key. Keats.

Not turned; not revolved or reversed. To leave no stone unturned, to leave nothing untried for accomplishing one's purpose. [He] left unturned no stone To make my guilt appear, and hide his own. Dryden.

To turn up; to direct upward; to throw up; as, to upturn the ground in plowing. "A sea of upturned faces." D. Webster. So scented the grim feature, and upturned His nostril wide into the murky air. Milton.

Borne lower than usual, as a fess; also, having the ends of the wings turned downward towards the point of the shield.

ation of the realm, a sworn banishment, an oath taken to leave the country and never to return.

To turn from as ill-omened; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread; loathe; as, to abominate all impiety.

ition; half round; in the opposite direction; on the opposite tack; as, to face about; to turn one's self about. To bring about, to cause to take place; to accomplish. -- To come about, to occur; to take place. See under Come. -- To go about, To set about, to undertake; to arrange; to prepare. "Shall we set about som…

Importance; worth; value; advantage; profit. "Men of account." Pope. "To turn to account." Shak. Account current, a running or continued account between two or more parties, or a statement of the particulars of such an account. -- In account with, in a relation requiring an account to be kept. -- On account of, for t…

Turning sour; readily becoming tart or acid; slightly sour. Faraday.

To turn acid. Encyc. Dom. Econ.

Something given or done in return for a favor, message, etc. Smollett.