bottle turning

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noun Furniture.

the turning of the legs of chairs, tables, etc., in manufacturing to give certain sections an ornamental, bottlelike form.

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How to use bottle turning in a sentence

But the tide was turning on this issue, an email from another constituent made clear.
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Emetophobia tends to compromise my relationships, turning me into a selfish jerk.
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These days, plenty of women are turning to online sites for no-frills male companionship.
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The numbers reinforce another article in the Post, in which cops confessed to “turning a blind eye” to minor crimes.
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Nothing does it quite like deftly decapitating a bottle of bubbly with a gleaming blade.
How to Saber a Champagne Bottle|James Joiner, The Daily Beast Video|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When he had finished, she took them from his hand, and turning them round in agitated silence, examined their seals and writing.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
There was a great comparing of papers, and turning over of leaves, by Fogg and Perker, after this statement of profit and loss.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2)|Charles Dickens
Of silence before them that salute thee: of looking upon a harlot: and of turning away thy face from thy kinsman.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
Further enlightenment (as with men) comes through grace as soon as they become beati through turning to good.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II)|Henry Osborn Taylor
One of the little girls in pigtails was holding him, while Miss Anne administered the feeding-bottle.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke