(a) To rob, steal; rob (sb.), steal from (sb.); rifle (sb.) [1st quot.], despoil (the dead); (b) to take (sth.) by robbery; (c) to defraud (sb.), cheat.
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(a) To move about an axis, a center, or a fixed position, pivot;—also refl. [quot. a1393]; revolve; also fig. and in fig. context; also, spin, whirl; turnen abouten; turnen of herre, of the heavens……
