Dryden.
5. Successive course; opportunity enjoyed by alternation with another
or with others, or in due order; due chance; alternate or incidental
occasion; appropriate time. "Nobleness and bounty . . . had their turns
in his [the king's] nature."
His turn will come to laugh at you again.
Denham.
Every one has a fair turn to be as great as he pleases.
Collier.
6. Incidental or opportune deed or office; occasional act of kindness
or malice; as, to do one an ill turn.
Had I not done a friendes turn to thee?
Chaucer.
thanks are half lost when good turns are delayed.
Fairfax.
7. Convenience; occasion; purpose; exigence; as, this will not serve
his turn.