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▪ I. † ˈcircule, n. Obs. rare.
[ad. L. circul-us.]
Circle, ring.
1549W. Wycherley's Exam. in Froude Hist. Eng. V. 165 note, He hath used no consecrate circule but hath used the crystal to invocate the sprat called Scariot.
▪ II. † ˈcircule, v. Obs.
[a. F. circule-r, ad. L. circulā-re.]
By-form of circulate, circle.
1430Lydg. Chron. Troy ii. xii, About her head flikered douues white..Aye circuling with snowy winges fayre. 1500–20Dunbar Thistle & Rose 98 On feild of gold he stude full mychtely, With flour delycis sirculit lustely. 1513Douglas æneis v. x. 56 Eftir thay had al circulit in ane ring. Ibid. v. xii. 168. 1535 Stewart Cron. Scot. II. 540 Of armit men ane rout In gude ordour hes circulit thame about. 1601R. Johnson Kingd. & Commw. (1603) 143 Three strong walles, circuling the one within the other, and streetes lying betweene. 1647H. More Song of Soul ii. iii. i. xviii, Sun, stars, and all on earth it hurrieth To each point of itself so far as 't circuleth.
Hence circuled ppl. a.; circuling vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1583Stanyhurst æneis ii. (Arb.) 50 Wrapping girdle..His midil embracing with wig wag circuled hooping. 1647H. More Song of Soul ii. iii. i. xxiii, Distant site Makes a deficience in these circulings. 1683Tryon Way to Health 388 Where then lies this famous Generosity of the red Circuling Juice. |