turnagainn.adj.
/ˈtəːnəɡɛn//ˈtəːnəɡeɪn/ a. A turning again or about; a revolution; a winding or deviation. Obsolete.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > [noun]
wentc1374
turning1426
turnagain1545
wrench1549
yaw1597
veer1611
veering1611
version1625
wheelinga1660
sway1818
whiffle1842
twizzle1848
split-turn1932
the world > space > direction > [noun] > straight or constant direction > deviation from > a turn
crookingc1380
turnc1390
bightc1400
crook1486
turnagain1545
creek1596
creeking1610
return1610
sinuositya1774
bend1879
1545 T. Raynald in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. x. f. 19 v The..vaynes infynytely intricate and writhed with a thousand reuolutions or turagayns.
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxv. 434 Moyses in leading the people of Israell through so many turnagaines.
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the world > movement > absence of movement > [noun] > deprivation of movement > by hindering or obstructing passage > that which
tangling1575
moil1611
turnagain1630
rub1663
cut-off1874
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [noun] > a check or rebuff
rebuke?a1513
counterbuff1579
damp1584
check?c1600
turnagain1630
rebuff1672
knock1898
knockback1898
1630 R. Johnson's Kindg. & Commw. 43 Mountaines are natures bulwarkes..; the Retreats they are of the oppressed, the scornes and turne-againes of victorious Armies.
1642 D. Rogers Naaman 252 Why then fall there out so many turnagaines in the lives of the best?
2. A device in the bobbin-net machine.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > lacemaking > machine > parts of
turnagain1832
1832 C. Babbage Econ. Machinery & Manuf. xxx. 277 An improvement in a particular part of such machines, called a turn-again.
3. = antistrophe n.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > lyric poem > [noun] > ode > antistrophe
conversion1552
counter-turna1637
turnagain1871
1871 R. Browning Balaustion 13 Sing them a strophe, with the turn-again, Down to the verse that ends all, proverb-like.
Compounds
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > cul-de-sac > [noun]
blind lanec1386
turn-again lane1531
blind alley1582
close1723
turn-again alley1754
loke1787
cul-de-sac1800
no-thoroughfare1809
dead-ender1870
impasse1882
blind lead1885
no through road1933
1754 E. Burt Lett. N. Scotl. I. iii. 63 [In Scotland] a little Court or a turn-again Alley, is a Closs.
turn-again lane n. Obsolete = turn-again alley n.
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > cul-de-sac > [noun]
blind lanec1386
turn-again lane1531
blind alley1582
close1723
turn-again alley1754
loke1787
cul-de-sac1800
no-thoroughfare1809
dead-ender1870
impasse1882
blind lead1885
no through road1933
1531 Tyndale Expos. 1 John (1537) Prol. 5 It is become a turne-agayne lane unto them, which they can not go thorow.
1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον v. 256 A turne-againe-lane, that had no passage through.
1807 Antiq. Rep. I. 346 It was Friar Richard's ill fate to take into a turn-again lane, that had no passage through.
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