Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (18701938). Rogets International Thesaurus. 1922. |
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Class II. Words Relating to Space | Section IV. Motion | 4. Motion with Reference to Direction |
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311. [Curvilinear Motion.] Circuition. |
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NOUN: | CIRCUITION [archaic], circulation, volutation; turn, curvet; excursion; circumvention, circumnavigation, circumambulation, circumambience or circumambiency, circumflexion, circumfluence [rare], circummigration, circumvolation [rare]; Northwest Passage; wheel, gyre, ambit, compass, lap, circuit [See Circuit].
turning &c. v.; wrench; evolution; coil, spiral, corkscrew.
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VERB: | TURN, bend, wheel; go about, put about [both naut.]; heel; go -, turn- -round, - to the right-about; turn on ones heel.
CIRCLE, encircle, circumscribe; circuit; make -, describe- a -circle, - complete circle; go -, pass- through -180°, - 360°; circumnavigate, circumambulate, circumvent; put a girdle round about the earth [M. N. D.]; go the round, make the round of, circumvolate [rare], circumflex.
ROUND; turn -, round- a corner; double a point [naut.]; make a detour (circuit) [See Circuit].
WIND, circulate, meander; whisk, twirl; twist (convolution) [See Convolution].
WALLOW, welter, roll, volutate.
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ADJECTIVE: | CIRCUITOUS; turning &c. v.; circumforaneous, circumfluent, roundabout; devious, deviatory; circumambient, circumflex, circumfluent, circumfluous, circumvolant, circumnavigable.
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ADVERB: | round about.
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QUOTATION: | Throws his steep flight in many an aery wheel.Milton |
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