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noun

Turning n.

The act of one who, or that which, turns; also, a winding; a bending course; a flexure; a meander. "Through paths and turnings often trod by day."

The place of a turn; an angle or corner, as of a road. "It is preached at every turning."

Deviation from the way or proper course.

Turnery, or the shaping of solid substances into various forms by means of a lathe and cutting tools.

pl. The pieces, or chips, detached in the process of turning from the material turned; usually used in the plural.

(Mil.) A maneuver by which an enemy or a position is turned.

Turning and boring mill, a kind of lathe having a vertical spindle and horizontal face plate, for turning and boring large work.

Turning bridge. See the Note under Drawbridge.

Turning engine, an engine lathe.

Turning lathe, a lathe used by turners to shape their work.

Turning pair. See the Note under Pair, n.

Turning point, the point upon which a question turns, and which decides a case.

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"Turning point" Quotes from Famous Books

... live for—nothing to do," was her lament until one golden September day, when there came a turning point in her life, and she found there ...

— Miss McDonald • Mary J. Holmes

... attack, while wagon after wagon in the laager caught fire and burned away into a heap of scrap iron surrounded by wood ashes. The desolation produced {p.287} was fearful, and it soon became impossible to make any reply. The losses inflicted upon the horses were the turning point of the siege. So enormous a proportion (estimated by some at 75 per cent.) of the horses, for which no protection could be made, were lost, that any dash for freedom by night was impossible and the condition of the laager rapidly became so foul, that that alone, apart ...

— Story of the War in South Africa - 1899-1900 • Alfred T. Mahan

... is seven o'clock. There is a Restaurant Suizo in the Calle de las Sierpes, and a little restaurant, the Eritana, with a pleasant garden, is to be found near the turning point of the drive that the beauty and fashion of Seville take on fine afternoons down the Paseo de las Delicias by the river. If you are tempted to try the Manzanilla wine with its proper accompaniment of snails or langostinos, visit the Taberna, opposite the Madrid Hotel; and if you are a bachelor, ...

— The Gourmet's Guide to Europe • Algernon Bastard

... decoration of sorely-exasperated souls. The exertion of the long ascent in the steaming heat requires six coolies for every chair. The red road mounts through enchanting vistas of palms and creepers, on the edge of the dark jungle, each turning point bringing a whiff of cooler air, as the evening gold flickers through the velvety fronds of tree-ferns, and the green feathers of spreading bamboos. From the white hotel near the summit, the blue Straits and the flats of Province Wellesley, the English portion ...

— Through the Malay Archipelago • Emily Richings

... turning point in Warner's career, for the busts he produced were of a craftsmanship so delicate and beautiful that they at once established his position among his fellow-sculptors, though years elapsed before he received any wide public recognition. The truth is that he was too great and sincere an artist ...

— American Men of Mind • Burton E. Stevenson

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