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turnery
[ tur-nuh-ree ]
noun
plural turneries.
- the process or art of forming or shaping objects on a lathe.
- objects or articles fashioned on a lathe collectively.
- a workshop where such work is done.
turnery
/ ˈ³Ùɜ˲ÔÉ™°ùɪ /
noun
- objects made on a lathe
- Also calledturning the process or skill of turning objects on a lathe
- the workshop of a lathe operator
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Hearing that the officer had amused himself with a little turnery in his youth, the poor artisan proposed to take him down into his work-shop.
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It is by turnery that ornamentation is done in the engine.
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All produce pale close-grained, fairly hard wood, valued in turnery and for the interior finish of houses.
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It is used for interior finish, furniture, woodenware and turnery.
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Common Uses: Spools, shoe lasts and pegs, turnery, bark for canoes.
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