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Turnery   Listen
noun
Turnery  n.  
1.
The art of fashioning solid bodies into cylindrical or other forms by means of a lathe.
2.
Things or forms made by a turner, or in the lathe. "Chairs of wood, the seats triangular, the backs, arms, and legs loaded with turnery."





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"Turnery" Quotes from Famous Books



... for its cheeses; another local industry is turnery and the weaving of linen, the linen manufactories employing many hands, whilst not a mountain cottage is without its handloom for winter use. Weaving at home is chiefly resorted to as a means of livelihood in winter, when the country is covered with snow and no out-door occupations are possible. ...
— In the Heart of the Vosges - And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" • Matilda Betham-Edwards
... of deal by some one with an excess of turnery appliances in a hurry, who had tried to distract attention from the rough economies of his workmanship by an arresting ornamentation of blobs and bulbs upon the joints and legs. Apparently the piece had then been placed ...
— In the Days of the Comet • H. G. Wells


Words linked to "Turnery" :   product, turn


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