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turret 1. a small tower that projects from the wall of a building, esp a medieval castle 2. (on a machine tool) a turret-like steel structure with tools projecting radially that can be indexed round to select or to bring each tool to bear on the work turret [′tə·rət] (ordnance) A dome-shaped or cylindrical armored structure containing one or more guns and located on forts, warships, airplanes, and tanks. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| He unlocked the wicket gate of the turret stair and went out on the roof. The persons who, like ourselves, never cross the Place de Grève without casting a glance of pity and sympathy on that poor turret strangled between two hovels of the time of Louis XV. Just at this stage of the proceedings, the door of the turret which leads to the Doctor's library suddenly opens, and he steps into the close, and makes straight for the ring, in which Brown and the Slogger are both seated on their seconds' knees for the last time. |
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