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A kind of sledge made of pliable board, turned up at one or both ends, used for coasting down hills or prepared inclined planes; also, a sleigh or sledge, to be drawn by dogs, or by hand, over soft and deep snow. [Written also tobogan, and tarbogan.]

son for passing over the private ground, bridge, ferry, or the like, of another. -- Toll turn (Eng. Law), a toll paid at the return of beasts from market, though they were not sold. Burrill.

acids. -- Tooth key, an instrument used to extract teeth by a motion resembling that of turning a key. -- Tooth net, a large fishing net anchored. [Scot.] Jamieson. -- Tooth ornament. (Arch.) Same as Dogtooth, n., 2.Tooth paste, a paste for cleaning the teeth; a dentifrice. -- Tooth powder, a powder for cleaning t…

Any device for cutting off tops; as, a turnip topper.

In an inverted posture; with the top or head downward; upside down; as, to turn a carriage topsy-turvy.

A species of Turnix (Turnix sylvatica) native of Spain and Northen Africa.

A turning or twisting; tendency to turn, or cause to turn, about an axis.

The act of turning or twisting, or the state of being twisted; the twisting or wrenching of a body by the exertion of a lateral force tending to turn one end or part of it about a longitudinal axis, while the other is held fast or turned in the opposite direction.

A small wig, or a toppiece of a wig. Her powdered hair is turned backward over a toupee. G. Eliot.

A turn; a revolution; as, the tours of the heavenly bodies. [Obs.] Blackmore.

An ornamental firework which turns round, when in the air, so as to form a scroll of fire. G. Francis.

The sheriff's turn, or court.

Work turned on a lathe; turnery.[Obs.] See Turnery. Evelyn.

Turn; contour; figure.

The tail of a bird. "The train steers their flights, and turns their bodies, like the rudder of ship." Ray.

One who flees from one side to another; hence, a deserter; a turncoat; an apostate. [R.]

To cause to turn across; to transverse. [Obs.] Craft of Lovers (1448).

A turning; a trick; a subterfuge. [Obs.] To work, or solve, a traverse (Naut.), to reduce a series of courses or distances to an equivalent single one; to calculate the resultant of a traverse. -- Traverse board (Naut.), a small board hung in the steerage, having the points of the compass marked on it, and for each po…

A wheel turned by persons or animals, by treading, climbing, or pushing with the feet, upon its periphery or face. See Treadmill.

; to shudder; -- said of a person or an animal. I tremble still with fear. Shak. Frighted Turnus trembled as he spoke. Dryden.