{To turn one's coat}, to change one's uniform or colors; to
go over to the opposite party.
{To turn one's goods} or {money}, and the like, to exchange
in the course of trade; to keep in lively exchange or
circulation; to gain or increase in trade.
{To turn one's hand to}, to adapt or apply one's self to; to
engage in.
{To turn out}.
(a) To drive out; to expel; as, to turn a family out of
doors; to turn a man out of office.
I'll turn you out of my kingdom. -- Shak.
(b) to put to pasture, as cattle or horses.
(c) To produce, as the result of labor, or any process of
manufacture; to furnish in a completed state.
(d) To reverse, as a pocket, bag, etc., so as to bring the
inside to the outside; hence, to produce.
(e) To cause to cease, or to put out, by turning a
stopcock, valve, or the like; as, to turn out the
lights.
{To turn over}.
(a) To change or reverse the position of; to overset; to
overturn; to cause to roll over.
(b) To transfer; as, to turn over business to another
hand.
(c) To read or examine, as a book, while, turning the
leaves. ``We turned o'er many books together.''
--Shak.
(d) To handle in business; to do business to the amount
of; as, he turns over millions a year. [Colloq.]
{To turn over a new leaf}. See under {Leaf}.
{To turn tail}, to run away; to retreat ignominiously.
{To turn the back}, to flee; to retreat.
{upon}, to treat with contempt; to reject or refuse
unceremoniously.
{To turn the corner}, to pass the critical stage; to get by
the worst point; hence, to begin to improve, or to
succeed.
{To turn the die} or {dice}, to change fortune.
{To turn the edge} or {point of}, to bend over the edge or
point of so as to make dull; to blunt.
{To turn the head} or {brain of}, to make giddy, wild,
insane, or the like; to infatuate; to overthrow the reason
or judgment of; as, a little success turned his head.
{To turn the scale} or {balance}, to change the
preponderance; to decide or determine something doubtful.
{To turn the stomach of}, to nauseate; to sicken.
{To turn the tables}, to reverse the chances or conditions of
success or superiority; to give the advantage to the
person or side previously at a disadvantage.
{To turn tippet}, to make a change. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
{To turn to} {profit, advantage}, etc., to make profitable or
advantageous.
{To turn up}.
(a) To turn so as to bring the bottom side on top; as, to
turn up the trump.
(b) To bring from beneath to the surface, as in plowing,
digging, etc.
(c) To give an upward curve to; to tilt; as, to turn up
the nose.
{To turn upon}, to retort; to throw back; as, to turn the
arguments of an opponent upon himself.
{To turn upside down}, to confuse by putting things awry; to
throw into disorder.
This house is turned upside down since Robin Ostler
died. --Shak.
{Dice coal}, a kind of coal easily splitting into cubical
fragments. --Brande & C.
I . . . diced not above seven times a week. --Shak.
2. To ornament with squares, diamonds, or cubes.
2. Any small cubical or square body.
Words . . . pasted upon little flat tablets or dies.
--Watts.
3. That which is, or might be, determined, by a throw of the
die; hazard; chance.
Such is the die of war. --Spenser.
4. (Arch.) That part of a pedestal included between base and
cornice; the dado.
5. (Mach.)
(a) A metal or plate (often one of a pair) so cut or
shaped as to give a certain desired form to, or
impress any desired device on, an object or surface,
by pressure or by a blow; used in forging metals,
coining, striking up sheet metal, etc.
(b) A perforated block, commonly of hardened steel used in
connection with a punch, for punching holes, as
through plates, or blanks from plates, or for forming
cups or capsules, as from sheet metal, by drawing.
(c) A hollow internally threaded screw-cutting tool, made
in one piece or composed of several parts, for forming
screw threads on bolts, etc.; one of the separate
parts which make up such a tool.
{Cutting die} (Mech.), a thin, deep steel frame, sharpened to
a cutting edge, for cutting out articles from leather,
cloth, paper, etc.
{The die is cast}, the hazard must be run; the step is taken,
and it is too late to draw back; the last chance is taken.