Shak.
8. Form; cast; shape; manner; fashion; — used in a literal or
figurative sense; hence, form of expression; mode of signifying; as,
the turn of thought; a man of a sprightly turn in conversation.
The turn of both his expressions and thoughts is unharmonious.
Dryden.
The Roman poets, in their description of a beautiful man, often mention
the turn of his neck and arms.
Addison.
9. A change of condition; especially, a sudden or recurring symptom of
illness, as a nervous shock, or fainting spell; as, a bad turn.
[Colloq.]
10. A fall off the ladder at the gallows; a hanging; — so called from
the practice of causing the criminal to stand on a ladder which was
turned over, so throwing him off, when the signal was given. [Obs.]
11. A round of a rope or cord in order to secure it, as about a pin or
a cleat.