turned, ppl. a.
(tɜːnd)
[f. turn v. + -ed1.]
In various senses corresponding to those of the verb, q.v.; those chiefly in use are given here.
1. Moved round on an axis, rotated: see turn v. 1.
| 1552 Huloet, Turned, or dryuen aboute wyth the handes as a mustarde querne is, trusatilis. 1606 Marston Parasit. ii. D iv, Beware legge-ringes And the turnd key on thee. |
2. a. Wrought in a lathe; shaped or rounded with a lathe: see
turn v. 4.
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 507/1 Turnyd vessel, or other thynge,..toreuma. 1501 Maldon, Essex, Crt. Rolls Bundle 60, No. 7, 1 tabill, ii trestellis,.. a turned cheyr. 1556 in Willis & Clark Cambridge (1886) II. 564 Thende of the partitions to be with turned pillers. 1681 Grew Musæum iii. i. ii. 271 It looks like some sort of Turn'd-Work. c 1790 J. Imison Sch. Art i. 221 A small turn'd handle..to screw on or off at pleasure. 1792 J. Belknap Hist. New Hampsh. III. 112 [Poplar] is used..for some kinds of turned work. 1838 Dickens Nich. Nick. x, Chairs, with turned legs. |
b. turned shells (
Zool.), a name for the family
Actæonidæ or
Tornatellidæ of gastropods.
3. (With
advs., as
well, etc.)
a. Shaped, formed, fashioned: see
turn v. 5.
| a 1637 B. Jonson Underwoods xii. 68 The race Of Shakespeare's mind and manners brightly shines In his well torned, and true filed lines. 1699 Vanbrugh False Friend ii. i, See, here he comes..a pretty turn'd fellow. 1710 Lond. Gaz. No. 4689/4 A strong well turned little Mare. 1837 Carlyle Fr. Rev. III. iii. iv, In sweetly turned periods. 1874 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. (1892) I. iii. 123 So many exquisitely turned compliments. |
b. U.S. colloq. Of a person: disposed, natured.
Cf. turn n. 34 a.
| 1931 Amer. Speech VII. 94 Quar-turned, droll-natured. 1949 H. Hornsby Lonesome Valley 334 She's the best turned girl I ever talked to. She's as friendly turned as anybody! 1951 L. Craig Singing Hills 70 A nicer-turned man you never saw when he ain't in liquor. 1972 J. S. Hall Sayings from Old Smoky 138 Turned, etc. Having a disposition (of a certain kind)... ‘She's a mild-turned girl.’ She has a mild disposition. |
4. Bent or twisted: see
turn v. 9.
| 1585 Durham Wills (Surtees) II. 111 A eireon wayne, a turned teame. 1703 T. N. City & C. Purchaser 193 They call it Turn'd-lead, when the Came has pass'd through the Vice, and is thereby made with a Groove on each side to go on upon the Glass. Mod. The knife has a turned edge, and won't cut. |
5. a. Moved into a different posture or direction (
lit. or
fig.); diverted, deflected, etc.: see
turn v. 7, 13, 14, 22, etc.
| c 1586 C'tess Pembroke Ps. lxxvii. iv, With turned thought, A new I fell to thinck Upon the auncient tymes. 1621 Bp. Hall Heaven upon Earth §4 The galled soule..after many tossed and turned sides, complaines of..vnabated torment. 1847 Tennyson Princ. i. 65 He chew'd The thrice-turn'd cud of wrath. |
b. turned of (an age, etc.): see
turn v. 18 b.
6. † a. Opposite, contrary, adverse.
Obs. rare—1.
| a 1325 MS. Rawl. B. 520 lf. 64 For partie torned [MS. Rawl. B. 820 lf. 139 Pro parte aduerssa]. |
b. Reversed so as to be upside down; inverted (see
turn v. 10);
spec. in
Printing, of a type placed or letter printed upside down.
| 1513 Douglas æneis viii. vi. 114 The housis war lik a turnit barge. 1638–56 Cowley Davideis i. lix, Numbers which still encrease more high and wide From One, the root of their turn'd Pyramide. 1771 Luckombe Hist. Print. 443 The Article of marking turned letters tries a Corrector's skill. 1826 Wellington in Croker Papers (1884) I. xi. 330 They..lay sprawling and kicking like..turned turtles. 1877 Sweet Handbk. Phonetics §45 The narrow back unrounded vowels are indicated by the ‘turned’ letters of the corresponding wides..(ɔ) is assumed to be a turned (o). |
c. Reversed or altered so as to be inside out, as a garment (see
turn v. 11 c); also of a shoe (see
quot. 1882).
| 1483 Cath. Angl. 397/2 A Turnyd cloth, interpola. 1552 Huloet, Turned garmente whose wronge side is turned vpwarde, tra[n]slata uestis. a 1643 Cartwright On Dram. Poems Fletcher in Comedies, etc. (1651) 8 Old fashioned wit! which walked..In turned hose. 1766 W. Gordon Gen. Counting-ho. 317, 12 doz. turned pumps for men [cf. turnshoe s.v. turn-]. 1819 Metropolis I. 120 A turned coat,..and a wig turned inside out, were spoken of. 1837 Thackeray Ravenswing iv, Professionals with turned frocks. 1882 Worc. Exhib. Catal. iii. 30 Turned work [in shoemaking] (so called from being made inside out and afterwards turned). |
7. That has turned sour or become tainted, as milk;
† curdled (
obs.): see
turn v. 46.
| 1548 Udall Erasm. Par. Luke vi. 72 b, The olde soure turned wine of Moses lawe. 1556 Withals Dict. (1568) 49 b/1 Turned milke or sower, oxia gala. 1665 Needham Med. Medicinæ 408 Curded or Turnd Milk. 1903 N. Munro in Blackw. Mag. 237/1 Curdling like turned cream. |
8. With adverbs, as
turned-around,
turned-back,
turned-down,
turned-in,
turned-off,
turned-on,
turned-out,
turned-up: see
turn v. VIII.
| 1880 *Turned-around [see turn v. 67]. 1958 T. M. Stanwell-Fletcher Clear Lands 156 The two missionaries, each in black clerical garb and turned-around collars. 1966 T. Pynchon Crying of Lot 49 v. 117 She thought she saw a turned-around collar but took no chances. |
| 1861 Eng. Wom. Dom. Mag. III. 263 A..crêpe sleeve, with a *turned-back cuff in Brussels lace. 1889 Henty With Lee in Virginia (1890) 17 There was no mistaking the expression of its [the horse's] turned-back eye. |
| 1840 Thackeray Shabby-genteel Story ii, A dirty *turned-down shirt-collar. |
| 1900 Law Rep. App. Cas. 404 At the *turned-in end of the hook. |
| 1911 ‘O. Onions’ Widdershins iv. 35 The dripping of water from an imperfectly *turned-off tap. 1972 D. E. Westlake Bank Shot xiii. 97 [He] stared moodily at the turned-off television set. 1976 Washington Post 19 Apr. a 3/2 Camejo hopes to capture votes of turned-off blacks and blue⁓collar workers. |
| 1967 Wall St. Jrnl. 9 Feb. 1/4 The *turned⁓on generation..will beat a path to your door. 1971 Guardian 25 May 8/1 Is it merely a difference in style between Huxley's experience and that of the turned-on teenager? 1977 E. J. Trimmer et al. Visual Dict. Sex (1978) vi. 62 The most obvious change in the turned on male is erection of the penis. |
| 1722 Defoe Plague 272 Some of the Dissenting *turn'd out Ministers staid, and their Courage is to be commended. 1833 T. Hook Widow & Marquess xii, The best turned-out equipage that rattled through its streets. |
| 1621 G. Sandys Ovid's Met. v. (1626) 92 As he did roule His *turn'd-vp eyes. 1686 Lond. Gaz. No. 2131/4 A little..white Bitch, with a turned-up Nose. 1836 Penny Cycl. VI. 444/1 The turned-up edges of the mantle. 1904 Budge 3rd & 4th Egypt. Rooms Brit. Mus. 226 A pair of gazelle skin sandals, with turned up toes. |
______________________________
Add:
[5.] c. Of a spy: induced or persuaded to act against one's country, etc.; that has defected. See
turn v. 29 c.
| 1980 ‘R. Deacon’ Spyclopaedia 415 Turned agent, an agent of an enemy power who is either captured or goes voluntarily to the other side and is used by that side to feed false information to the enemy and obtain information from them. 1986 A. M. Ross Lohengrin xi. 115 He..tapped out an instruction to the officers controlling ‘turned’ agents. 1988 Cooper & Redlinger Catching Spies vii. 315 Making proper use of the ‘turned’ spy is often a much more difficult and complex process than the act of turning him. |