gyration

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

GYRA'TION, noun [Latin gyratio. See Gyre.] A turning or whirling round; a circular motion. GYRE, noun [Latin gyrus.] A circular motion, or a circle described by a moving body; a turn. Quick and more quick he spins in giddy gyres.
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