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Traditional English :: gyrate
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gyrcompass.html - v. & adj. --v.intr. go in a circle or spiral; revolve, whirl. --adj. Bot. arranged in rings or convolutions. gyration n. gyratorn. gyratory adj. [L gyrare gyrat- revolve f. gyrus ring f. Gk guros] |
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Traditional English :: gyre
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gyrcompass.html - v. & n. esp. poet. --v. --n. a gyration. [L gyrus ring f. Gk guros] |
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Traditional English :: gyrfalcon
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gyrcompass.html - n. (also gerfalcon) a large falcon, Falco rusticolus, of the northern hemisphere. [ME f. OF gerfaucon f. Frank. gerfalco f. ON geirfÁlki: see FALCON] |
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Traditional English :: gyro
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gyrcompass.html - n.
(pl. -os) colloq.
1 = GYROSCOPE.
2 = GYROCOMPASS. [abbr.] |
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Traditional English :: gyro-
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gyrcompass.html - comb. form rotation. [Gk guros ring] |
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Traditional English :: gyrocompass
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gyrcompass.html - n.
a non-magnetic compass giving true north and bearings from it by means of a gyroscope. |
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