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tornare [CL] 1 (trans.) to rotate and shape on lathe, wheel, or sim. rotating device, turn; b (fig.). candelam jussit tornare rotundam / hancque sacerdoti ‥ ferri Wulf. Swith. II 852 (cf. ib. II 844: candelam ‥ formare novellam); molle lutum figulus ‥ tornat / qui nova vasa creans ea cambit et aptius ornat P. Blois Euch. 1142C; 1322 [3 ox-hides bought for panels and other requirements of the carts 3 s. For grease 12d.] in eisdem tournand' et faciend', xvij d. Fabr. Exon. 140; 1325 Henrico le tournour pro iiijxx trendles ~andis (Aquitaine) KR Ac 165/1 m. 5.  b solus nummus verba tornat, / planat, polit, comit, ornat Walt. Wimb. Van. 28. 2 to rotate, turn (thing). b (refl.) to turn. [filius] in tantum ~atus est in torneamento quod mortuus est O. Cheriton Fab. 62A; c1325 custumarii ‥ liberam falcatam in prato ‥ debent ~are et inde fenum levare et mulliones inde facere (Cust.) Ambrosden I 575.  b 1313 ita quod dictus pons se potest turnare (Works) KR Ac 469/20 f. 8. 3 to make to face (in particular direction), direct, turn. 1155 de unaquaque domo ‥ cujus gabulum est ~atum adversus viam (Scarborough) BBC 47. 4 to turn (one thing into another), convert. b to cause to deteriorate, change for the worse, turn bad (in quot. pass.). 1318 si alio modo fecerint, sit transgressio illa ~ata ad roboriam [ME: turnyt to reff] Regesta Scot. 139 (= APScot I 468a).  b hoc ‥ est ~ari urinam, i. eam obscurari vel obtenebrari sic quod visus non percipiat eam puram, et hoc fit propter coagulationem Gad. 70v. 1; cuppa ros' ponatur in vino ~ato et statim redibit ad naturam suam Ib. 135. 1. 5 ? to get ready, equip (? cf. attornare 4). 1204 liberate ‥ Willelmo de S. M. c s. ad ~and[um] se veniend[o] in servicium nostrum Liberate RC 98. 6 (intr.) to rotate, swivel, turn. b (pr. ppl. as adj., pons ~ans) drawbridge. 1246 forestarii ‥ eos prosecuti fuerunt et ‥ malefactores ‥ turnaverunt in defensum et in forestarios sagittas suas direxerunt SelPlForest 80; c1270 ita ‥ quod ‥ possimus omni tempore ~are super predictam foreram AncD C 3830.  b 1313 pro quodam ponte turnante apud turrim Lond' ‥ de novo faciendo (Works) KR Ac 469/20 f. 8; 1313 pro una corda ‥ ad inde trahend' predictum pontem turnantem (Works) Ib. 469/20 f. 8v.

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