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turnspit


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Turnspit  \Turn"spit`\,  n. 
  1.  One  who  turns  a  spit;  hence  a  person  engaged  in  some 
  menial  office. 
 
  His  lordship  is  his  majesty's  turnspit.  --Burke. 
 
  2.  (Zo["o]l.)  A  small  breed  of  dogs  having  a  long  body  and 
  short  crooked  legs.  These  dogs  were  formerly  much  used  for 
  turning  a  spit  on  which  meat  was  roasting. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  turnspit 
  n  :  a  roasting  spit  that  can  be  turned 




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