noun.
One who or that which turns; specifically, one whose occupation involves work with a lathe.
noun.
A small piece of fire-clay molded into the form of a segment of a sphere, and serving as a pivotal support to a small circular disk which itself supports a watch-dial while in the enameling-furnace, during which time it must be constantly turned to subject the enamel to uniform conditions of heat.
noun.
In seal-fishing: Same as turner-harp.
noun.
Same as turner-hood.
noun.
A tumbler; a gymnast; specifically [capitalized], a member of one of the gymnastic bodies (German Turnvereine) first instituted by F. L. Jahn about 1811, and especially in favor among Germans.
noun.
A kind of tumbler-pigeon.
noun.
A Scottish copper coin issued by James VI. and by later sovereigns, worth 2d. Scotch (about one third of a United States cent) at the time of issue. Compare bodle.