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turnery
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun turnery has 2 senses
- turnery(n = noun.artifact) Array - workshop where objects are made on a lathe; Array is a kind of shop, workshop
- turnery(n = noun.artifact) Array - products made on a lathe; Array is a kind of product, production
Derived form verb turn13
Derived form verb turn13
CIDE DICTIONARY
turnery, n. [Cf. F. tournerie.].
- The art of fashioning solid bodies into cylindrical or other forms by means of a lathe. [1913 Webster]
- Things or forms made by a turner, or in the lathe. [1913 Webster]"Chairs of wood, the seats triangular, the backs, arms, and legs loaded with turnery." [1913 Webster]
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