turning saw (terningsa)

1. A saw with a thin blade which can make a curved kerf, turning-saw as for chair-backs, scrollwork, etc. Also called sweep - saw, bow - saw, frame - saw, scroll-saw.-2. A keyhole-saw. A smooth turning-steel (ter'ning-stēl), n. hardened and tempered piece of round bar steel, either with or without a handle, used to turn the edge of a tool, or give it a slightly flanged form, by rubbing. IMG:content-1105.png:[blocks in formation] turnipy (ter'nip-i), a. nip-like. ke. Encyc. Brit., I. 175. [Rare.] Turnix (ter'niks), n. [NL. (Bonnaterre, 1790), said to be clipped from Coturnix, q. v.] A genus of hemipods or button-quails, giving name to the family Turnicidæ: same as Hemipod i us, and of prior date. turnspit I move upon my axle like a turnpike . B. Jonson, Staple of News, iii. 1. 3. A gate set acro a road, in order to stop car carriages, wagons, etc., and sometimes foot travelers, till toll is paid; a toll-bar; a toll-gate. She married afterwards, and now keeps with her old husband a turnpike, through which I often ride. Thackeray, Fitz-Boodle's Confe ions. turning-tool (ter'ning-töl), n. A sharp steel tool used in turning and shaping the ends of other tools in seal-engraving, to suit each style 1. The person who has charge of the keys of of work. IMG:content-1106.png:[blocks in formation] prison, for opening and fastening the doors; a pri son warden.2. An instrument, now almost obsolete, used for tracting teeth. turnip (ter'nip), n. [Formerly also turnep ; perhaps orig. * turn - nep , turn , implying some- thing round, + nep, neep, nepe , næp , a turnip: see neep2 .] The thick fleshy root of the plant designated by Linnæus as Bra ica Rapa , but now believed to be a variety, together turnout (tern'out), n. [ turn out : see under ex Turnkey, 2. IMG:content-1107.png:[blocks in formation] a valuable rotation crop. The young shoots of the second year, known as turnip - tops, are dre ed for early greens. The turnip is little nutritious, containing from 90 to 92 per cent, of water. The rutabaga is somewhat more nutritious, but le easily grown. The varieties of both plants are numerous. The crop sometimes suffers from an affection called finger - and - toe or dactylorhiza, in which the root divides into branches, apparently a tendency to revert to the wild state. Various insects attack the turnip. See turnip - fly. - Devil's turnip, the common bryony, Bryonia dioica. Indian turnip. See Indian.-St. Anthony's turnip, Ranunculus bulbosus, its bulbs being a favorite food of pigs, and St. Anthony being the patron of pigs. Also called St. Anthony's rape. - Swedish turnip. Bee rutabaga. Teltow turnip, a variety grown in Ger mahy, with roots but 1 inch thick and 3 inches long, the rind having a very piquant flavor, whence it is much valued for soups stews.- Turnip flea-beetle. Puudetudinemed cabe bage, the kohlrabi. Wild turnip. (a) The common turnip in its native state. See def. (b) Same as Indian turnip. [U. S.] (See also lion's - turnip, prairie - turnip.) turnip-aphid (ter'nip-af"id), n. The plant louse Aphis rapæ, which affects the turnip. Also turnip - aphis.