turnspit (ternspit)

[ IMG:content-1110.jpg:[blocks in formation] post surmounted by four horizontal arms which move round as a person pa es through; a turnpike. Turnstiles are usually placed on roads, bridges, or other places, either to prevent the pa age of cattle, horses, Turnstile, with Turnstile-register. A vehicles, etc., but to admit that of persons, or to bar a pa age until toll or pa age-money is collected; they are also placed (sometimes with a turnstile-register) at the entrance of buildings, as where there is a charge for admi ion, or where it is desired to prevent the entrance of too many persons at one time. turnstile-register (tėrn's til-rej"is-tėr), n. recording device for registering the number of persons pa ing through a turnstile, as at the entrance of a toll-bridge, a place of amusement, etc. It works by means of gear-wheels. turnstone (tėrn's ton), n. [ Turnstone (Streps i las interpres ), in full summer plumage. English names are He bridal sandpiper and variegated plover, stone-pecker, tangle - picker, etc. The black-headed turnstone, S. melanocephalus, is a different variety or species, mostly of a blackish color, found on the coasts of the North Pacific. See Streps i las. Plover-billed turn stone. Same as surf - bird. Seebohm. turn-table (tern'tā"bl), n. 1. A circular plat form designed to turn upon its center, and sup ported by a series of wheels that travel upon a circular track laid under the edge of the platform. This is the original form of the railroad turntable, and is still in use. The platform is laid with a single line of rails, and the running-gear, pivot, wheels, etc., IMG:content-1111.jpg:[merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors] a, side elevation of turn-table, pivoted at the central pier A; 0, apostrophe. See the quotation under turnway. turn-tippet† (tėrn ́tip"et), n. [ The priests, for the most part, were double-faced, turn tippets , and flatterers. Cranmer, Works (Parker Soc.), II. 15. ( Davies .) turn-under (tern'un der), n. Same as fall under.