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† circumˈgyre, v. Obs.
Also -gire.
[f. circum- + L. gȳr-āre to turn round, go round.]
1. trans. To ‘go round’, encompass. rare.
1583Stubbes Anat. Abus. ii. (1882) 68 Precincts..circumgired and limited about with bounds and marks.
2. trans. To cause to turn round or revolve.
1635Heywood Hierarch. v. 274 As this Orbe is Circumgyr'd and wheel'd.
3. intr. To turn round like a wheel; to revolve; to make circuits, wind about, circle.
1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. (1677) 43 (T.) A sweet river..after 20 little miles circumgyring, or playing to and fro, discharges itself into the ocean. 1635Heywood Hierarch. vi. 332 The Mill, that circumgyreth fast. 1657S. Purchas Pol. Flying-Ins. ii. 295 In many circumgiring motions, and circling vagaries. 1680Morden Geog. Rect. (1685) 398. |