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n.) A fall off the ladder at the gallows; a hanging; -- so called from the practice of causing the criminal to stand on a ladder which was turned over, so throwing him off, when the signal was given.

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	~~v. t~~.) ~~To cause to move upon~~ a ~~center, or as if upon a center~~; to ~~give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially~~, ~~wholly, or repeatedly; to make to change position~~ so ~~as to present other sides in given directions; to make to face otherwise; as~~, ~~to turn a wheel or a spindle; to turn~~ the ~~body or the head~~.		n.) A fall off the ladder at the gallows; a hanging; -- so called from the practice of causing the criminal to stand on a ladder which was turned over, so throwing him off, when the signal was given.