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circumambiency|sɜːkəmˈæmbɪənsɪ|
[f. as prec. on regular type of ns. in -ency.]
†1. = circumambience. Obs.
1755Johnson Circumambiency, the act of encompassing.
2. Circumambient quality or condition; that which encompasses; surrounding, environment.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. ii. i. 53 Ice receiveth its figure according unto the surface, wherein it concreteth or the circumambiency which conformeth it. 1832Fraser's Mag. VI. 338 The construction, circumambiency, and consolidation of all the primordial rocks. 1865Carlyle Fredk. Gt. VIII. xviii. xiii. 44 An irregular cleared ‘island’..with unlimited circumambiencies of wood.
3. A going about, circuitous motion (nonce-use).
1837L. Hunt in New Monthly Mag. XLIX. 84 The..circumambiencies of the coachman's whip. |