handturnn.
/ˈhan(d)təːn/, U.S. /ˈhæn(d)ˌtərn/ rare.
1. A mechanism or device which is turned, or is used to turn something, by hand; esp. a door handle.
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1796 Monthly Mag. Nov. 799/1 The machine may be put in motion, and all the exercise procured, by means of a hand-turn or winch.
1801 Encycl. Brit. Suppl. I. 416/1 The machine consists of an apparatus of rack work, of various lengths, which, by means of a hand turn, is made to ascend the chimney.
1964 U.S. Patent 3,148,524 3 Which plug..may be rotated upon the inside of the door by the handturn or key 43.
1984 European Patent 115,430 9 The lock cylinder and hand turn engage an elongated spindle that extends through the door.
2. English regional (Yorkshire) in later use. = hand's turn n.
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society > occupation and work > work > amounts of work > [noun] > minimum amount
stroke1568
stitch1581
hand's turn1765
handturn1859
tap1887
1859 Bentley's Q. Rev. July 544 When it comes to shifts and hand-turns..we are utterly at a stand.
1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 57/2 Ah's nivver sae mich as deean a handton sen Martiemas.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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