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To turn turtle

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Turn \Turn\, v. t.
   To make a turn about or around (something); to go or pass
   around by turning; as, to turn a corner.

         The ranges are not high or steep, and one can turn a
         kopje instead of cutting or tunneling through it.
                                                  --James Bryce.

   {To turn turtle}, to capsize bottom upward; -- said of a
      vessel. [Naut. slang] -- {To turn under} (Agric.), to put,
      as soil, manure, etc., underneath from the surface by
      plowing, digging, or the like.
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