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▪ I. upˈturning, vbl. n.
[up- 7. Cf. upturn v.]
The action of turning or causing to turn upwards; an instance of this.
[1775Ash.] 1846Dana Zooph. (1848) 131 An upturning of the margin. 1855J. Phillips Man. Geol. 388 The upturning of the strata through an arc of 90°. 1869E. A. Parkes Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3) 583 There has been much upturning of the soil. 1873Black Pr. Thule vii, A quick upturning of the face.
fig.1864Trevelyan Compet. Wallah ix. 309 The general up-turning of society occasioned by the rebellion.
▪ II. upˈturning, ppl. a.
(up- 6 b.)
1762Falconer Shipwr. ii. 81 Th'upturning points his ponderous bulk sustain. |