GYRE

n. v.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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.

2.
v.

To turn round; to gyrate. [Obs.] Bp. Hall. Drayton.


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