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A beam or bar armed with iron spikes, and turning on a pivot; - - used to block up a passage.

ciprocal pronoun. [Rare, except in poetry] "My husband hies him home." Shak. The youth, returning to his mistress, hies. Dryden.

leather, which serves as a joint to turn on. The gate self-opened wide, On golden hinges turning. Milton.

Home-returning; -- used specifically of carrier pigeons.

A chimney top, often contrived to secure a constant draught by turning with the wind.

is. -- Hook wrench, a wrench or spanner, having a hook at the end, instead of a jaw, for turning a bolthead, nut, or coupling.

ling with interlocking parts for uniting hose, end to end. -- Hose wrench, a spanner for turning hose couplings, to unite or disconnect them.

Turning or bending towards moisture, as roots.

The act of a patient turning himself.

ng profitable use or applicaton of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; a turning to good account; practical application, as of a doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse. "A good improvement of his reason." S. Clarke. I shall make some improvement of this doctrine. Tillotson.…

Not turning the mind to a matter; heedless; careless; negligent; inattentive. An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls at evening in the public path. Cowper. -- In`ad*vert"ent*ly, adv.

The act of turning the mind toward an object; hence, a design; a purpose; intention; meaning; drift; aim. Be thy intents wicked or charitable. Shak. The principal intent of Scripture is to deliver the Hooker. To all intents, and purposes, in all applications or senses; practically; really; virtually; essentially. "He w…

Turning or facing inward, or toward the axis of the part to which it belongs. Gray.

The act of introverting, or the state of being introverted; the act of turning the mind inward. Berkeley.

The act of inverting, or turning over or backward, or the state of being inverted.

A machine or contrivance for turning a spit; a smoke jack, or kitchen jack.

oe Miller in whist circles, that there are only two reasons that can justify you in not returning trumps to your partner's lead; i. e., first, sudden illness; secondly, having none. Pole.

a removable metal instrument fitted to the mechanism of a particular lock and operated by turning in its place.

See Knop. Knob latch, a latch which can be operated by turning a knob, without using a key.

A machine for turning, that is, for shaping articles of wood, metal, or other material, by causing them to revolve while acted upon by a cutting tool.