(v) to wind or move in a spiral course, Syn.spiral, coil, Example: the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action; black smoke coiling up into the sky; the young people gyrated on the dance floor
(n) a poisonous gyromitra; the surface of the fertile body is smooth at first and becomes progressively undulating and wrinkled (but never truly pitted); color varies from dull yellow to brown, Syn.beefsteak morel, brain mushroom
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. gyro`s round + 'a`kanqa spine. ] (Paleon.) A genus of fossil fishes, found in Devonian and carboniferous strata; -- so named from their round, sculptured spines. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Gyrated p. pr. & vb. n. Gyrating. ] [ L. gyratus, p. p. of gyrare to gyrate. See Gyre, n. ] To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado; to revolve. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. 1. The act of turning or whirling, as around a fixed center; a circular or spiral motion; motion about an axis; rotation; revolution. [ 1913 Webster ]
The gyrations of an ascending balloon. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]
If a burning coal be nimbly moved round in a circle, with gyrations continually repeated, the whole circle will appear like fire. Sir I. Newton. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Zool.) One of the whorls of a spiral univalve shell. [ 1913 Webster ]
Center of gyration. (Mech.) See under Center. -- Radius of gyration, the distance between the axis of a rotating body and its center of gyration. Rankine. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. gyrus, Gr. gy^ros, cf. gyro`s round. ] A circular motion, or a circle described by a moving body; a turn or revolution; a circuit. [ 1913 Webster ]
Quick and more quick he spins in giddy gyres. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
Still expanding and ascending gyres. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]
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