Verb

(en verb)

To run in the back line rather than concentrate on primary positional duties in open play.

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* 2002 , " Sharks beached at Stradey", BBC Sport , 13 December 2002:

On hand was seagulling number eight Dave Hodges to cross for the all-important try.

* 2003 , Greg Growden, " Australia survives scare", The Age , 2 November 2003:

That occurred in the 12th minute when flanker George Smith, seagulling out wide, enjoyed the rewards of a two-man overlap to score.

* 2003 , Mark Fuller, " Impeccable France outclasses Ireland", The Age , 10 November 2003:

France was full of running and continued to spread the ball wide or kick in behind the defence, where towering right-winger Aurelien Rougerie and the seagulling French back row had a height advantage contesting the high ball.

* 2011 , Darren Walton, " Injuries sour Wallabies 67-5 win over USA", MSN NZ , 24 September 2011:

Samo seagulled for Australia's final try two minutes from time.

To use a outboard.

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(New Zealand) To work as a non-union casual stevedore.

* 1964 , O. E. Middleton, A Walk on the Beach , M. Joseph (1964), page 215:

Bill had been seagulling on the wharf since he got back from the war.

* 1981 , Parliamentary Debates , Volume 437, page 374:

At that time many of them seagulled on the Mt Maunganui wharf to make a crust in order to carry on with their ideal of kiwifruit as a major exporting industry.

* 1993 , Beryl Fletcher, The Iron Mouth , Spinifex Press (1993), ISBN 9781875559220, page 60:

The only stories he told of his life were of how hard he had worked, seagulling on the wharf, standing in blood and guts at the Works, loading trucks with sacks of fertiliser and grain at the Farmers' Co-op.

Verb

(en verb)

(lb) Non-linear physical movement.

# (lb) Of a body, person, etc, to move around an axis through itself.

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# (lb) To change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation.

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It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick. As one sat on the sward behind the elm, with the back turned on the rick and nothing in front but the tall elms and the oaks in the other hedge, it was quite easy to fancy it the verge of the prairie with the backwoods close by.

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# (lb) To change one's direction of travel.

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# To change the course of.

# (lb) To shape (something) symmetrically by rotating it against a stationary cutting tool, as on a lathe.

# (lb) To give form to; to shape or mould; to adapt.

#* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

The poet's pen turns them to shapes.

#* (Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)

He was perfectly well turned for trade.

#* (Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)

His limbs how turned , how broad his shoulders spread!

# (lb) To position (something) by folding it, or using its folds.

# Of a bowler, to make (the ball) move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.

# Of a ball, to move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.

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To change condition or attitude.

# To become (begin to be).

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# To change the color of the leaves in the autumn.

# To change fundamentally; to metamorphose.

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At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.

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## (lb) To sour or spoil; to go bad.

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## (lb) To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle.

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# To hinge; to depend.

#* (Jonathan Swift) (1667–1745)

Conditions of peace certainly turn upon events of war.

# To rebel; to go against something formerly tolerated.

# To change personal condition.

## (lb) To change personalities, such as from being a face (good guy) to heel (bad guy) or vice versa .

## To become giddy; said of the head or brain.

##* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

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I'll look no more; / Lest my brain turn .

## To sicken; to nauseate.

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## To be nauseated; said of the stomach.

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To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.

* 1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , (w) VII:

And they made a calfe in those dayes, and offered sacrifice unto the ymage, and reioysed in the workes of theyr awne hondes. Then God turned himsilfe, and gave them up

* Bible, (w) xxxii. 12

Turn from thy fierce wrath.

* (John Locke) (1632-1705)

The understanding turns inward on itself, and reflects on its own operations.

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Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence.

To complete.

Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's .

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To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.

(lb) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.

To invert a type of the same thickness, as a temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted.

(lb) To translate.

* (Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)

who turns a Persian tale for half a crown