circulusn.
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The Latin word for ‘circle, ring’; formerly often used in Anatomy, Astronomy, and other sciences; also as a technical name of various instruments in Surgery, etc.; a tool for cutting circular portions of glass, also ‘for cutting off the necks of glass-ware’ (Knight).
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