Word: turned
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Dates: during 1880-1880
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...seen, having a similar nail attachment. This second nail business is merely a finishing touch to the first, and has never been known to fail. This second cover has, as you see, two holes, which serve as keyholes, the one to wind the watch, the other to turn the hands. To wind the watch, you simply put the key in the lower hole, and, whenever you have any leisure time, wind away. (The mainspring was broken.) You also see the advantage of being able to set the time to suit yourself, by means of the power to turn the hands...
...their turn shall win me with a smile...
...Sorrow's step we turn to flee...
...picturesque costumes of members of the different boat-clubs add much to the effect. The crews pull down to Abingdon or farther; the less energetic row slowly, or paddle down to Iffley only, or perhaps go on through the lock to Sandford, take their shandigaff there, and then turn back; or else, taking a boat above the bridge, they row up to the charming little inn at Godstow, and come back with the stream. The lazier content themselves with punting up the Cherwell to a shady place, fastening their boats to a tree, and then spending a delightful afternoon...
...crew needs to redouble its efforts between now and the 5th of July. As soon as their opponents learn whom they are to meet, they will leave nothing untried to place themselves on an equal footing. While congratulating our Freshmen on their victory, we hope that it will not turn their heads, and thus cause them to lose the race with Columbia...