2. A semicircular pie or tart made by turning one half of a circular crust over the other, inclosing the fruit
or other materials.
3. An apprentice, in any trade, who is handed over from one master to another to complete his time.
Turnover
(Turn"o`ver), a. Admitting of being turned over; made to be turned over; as, a turnover collar,
etc.
Turnpike
(Turn"pike`) n. [Turn + pike.]
1. A frame consisting of two bars crossing each other at right angles and turning on a post or pin, to
hinder the passage of beasts, but admitting a person to pass between the arms; a turnstile. See Turnstile,
1.
I move upon my axle like a turnpike.
B. Jonson. 2. A gate or bar set across a road to stop carriages, animals, and sometimes people, till toll is paid for
keeping the road in repair; a tollgate.
3. A turnpike road. De Foe.
4. A winding stairway. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
5. (Mil.) A beam filled with spikes to obstruct passage; a cheval-de-frise. [R.]
Turnpike man, a man who collects tolls at a turnpike. — Turnpike road, a road on which turnpikes,
or tollgates, are established by law, in order to collect from the users tolls to defray the cost of building,
repairing, etc.
Turnpike
(Turn"pike`) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Turnpiked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Turnpiking.] To form, as a
road, in the manner of a turnpike road; into a rounded form, as the path of a road. Knowles.
Turnplate
(Turn"plate`) n. A turntable.
Turn-sick
(Turn"-sick`) a. Giddy. [Obs.] Bacon.
Turn-sick
(Turn"-sick`), n. (For.) A disease with which sheep are sometimes affected; gid; sturdy. See
Gid.
Turnsole
(Turn"sole`) n. [F. tournesol, It. tornasole; tornare to turn (LL. tornare) + sole the sun, L.
sol. See Turn, Solar, a., and cf. Heliotrope.] [Written also turnsol.]
1. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus Heliotropium; heliotrope; — so named because its flowers are supposed
to turn toward the sun. (b) The sunflower. (c) A kind of spurge (d) The euphorbiaceous plant Chrozophora
tinctoria.
2. (Chem.) (a) Litmus. [Obs.] (b) A purple dye obtained from the plant turnsole. See def. 1 (d).
Turnspit
(Turn"spit`) n.
1. One who turns a spit; hence, a person engaged in some menial office.
His lordship is his majesty's turnspit.
Burke. 2. (Zoöl.) A small breed of dogs having a long body and short crooked legs. These dogs were formerly
much used for turning a spit on which meat was roasting.
