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Webster 1913 Edition
Gyre
Gyre
(jīr)
, Noun.
[L.
gyrus
, Gr. γῦρος
, cf. γυρόσ
round.] A circular motion, or a circle described by a moving body; a turn or revolution; a circuit.
Quick and more quick he spins in giddy
gyres
. Dryden.
Still expanding and ascending
gyres
. Mrs. Browning.
Gyre
,Verb.
T.
& I.
To turn round; to gyrate.
[Obs.]
Bp. Hall.
Drayton.