| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
| Class II. Words Relating to Space |
| Section IV. Motion |
| 4. Motion with Reference to Direction |
| 311. [Curvilinear Motion.] Circuition. |
| 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. |
| VERB: | TURN, bend, wheel; go about, put about [both naut.]; heel; go -, turn- -round, - to the right-about; turn on one’s 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. |
| ADJECTIVE: | CIRCUITOUS; turning &c. v.; circumforaneous, circumfluent, roundabout; devious, deviatory; circumambient, circumflex, circumfluent, circumfluous, circumvolant, circumnavigable. |
| ADVERB: | round about. |
| QUOTATION: | Throws his steep flight in many an aery wheel.—Milton |
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