trochilicadj.n.
/trəʊˈkɪlɪk/ rare. ? Obsolete.
A. adj.
Of or pertaining to rotary motion; relating to wheels.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [adjective] > relating to science of rotary motion
trochilic1605
1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 138 By Arte Trochilick.
1648 W. Petty Advice to Hartlib (new ed.) 6 Making Watches and other Trochilick motions.
B. n.
The science or art of rotary motion.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [noun] > rotation as a wheel > science of rotary motion
trochilic1570
trochilics1648
1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. ciiijv Bycause the frute hereof..is in Wheles, it hath the name of Trochilike: as a man would say, Whele Art.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica v. xviii. 260 Horologies composed by Trochilick or the artifice of wheeles. View more context for this quotation
1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.)
Derivatives
trochilics n.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [noun] > rotation as a wheel > science of rotary motion
trochilic1570
trochilics1648
1648 Bp. J. Wilkins Math. Magick ii. xiv. 265 Some principles in Trochilicks, or the art of wheel-instruments.
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