subs. (old).—1. An innovator.
1692. J. HACKET, Life of Archbishop Williams, II. 36. Our modern TURNABOUTS cannot evince us but that we feel we are best affected, when the great mysteries of Christ are celebrated upon anniversary festivals.
2. (provincial).—A disease in cattle; THE STAGGERS (q.v.).
d. 1618. SYLVESTER, The Furies, 610. The TURNABOUT and murrain trouble cattel.
3. (common).—A merry-go-round; a run-around.
1889. J. L. ALLEN, Kentucky Fairs, in Harper’s Magazine, lxxix. Sept., 560. The high swings and the TURNABOUTS; the tests of the strength of limb and lung.
