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Quotation dates: 1460, 1513-1585, 1690-1692
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Turnand, -ing, ppl. adj. [e.m.E. tornyng (1450), turnyng (1552), turning (1573-80).] a. That turns or is capable of being turned. b. Changing.a. 1460 Hay Alex. 539.
His mett was put intill him at a vice Be ane turnand gin throw his barier 1513 Doug. ii iv 64.
Turnand quhelis thai set in … Vndir the feit of this ilke bysnyng iaip [sc. the wooden horse] 1541 Aberd. B. Rec. I 176.
Ane pryse with ane turning staf 1544 Coll. St. Leonard 218.
Ane standan beid of aik ane turnand burd of vith ane almari in it 1578 Edinburgh Testaments VI 207a.
Ane ring of gold with ane turnand stane for stancheing of blude 1585 Perth B. Ct. 4 May.
Ane turnand Danskyn lang saidle 1692 Scottish Notes and Queries 2 Ser. II 92.
Ane turning seat at the heade of the table … and ane doson of chaires covered with carpet workb. 1690 Auldhamstocks Sermon 12.
We see that a spirit of zeal has been wont to be at work in the dayes of old, especially in turning times
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