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Turnery

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Turnery
Turnery Turn"er*y, n. [Cf. F. tournerie.] 1. The art of fashioning solid bodies into cylindrical or other forms by means of a lathe. [1913 Webster]

2. 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. --Walpole. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

  
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