Rankine.
Gyratory
(Gy"ra*to*ry) a. Moving in a circle, or spirally; revolving; whirling around.
Gyre
(Gyre) 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.
Quick and more quick he spins in giddy gyres.
Dryden.
Still expanding and ascending gyres.
Mrs. Browning. Gyre
(Gyre), v. t. & i. [Cf. OF. gyrer, girer. See Gyrate.] To turn round; to gyrate. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Drayton.
Gyreful
(Gyre"ful) a. Abounding in gyres. [Obs.]
Gyrencephala
(||Gyr`en*ceph"a*la) n. pl. [NL. fr. Gr. gyro`s round + 'egke`falos the brain.] (Zoöl.)
The higher orders of Mammalia, in which the cerebrum is convoluted. — Gyr`en*ceph"a*lous a.
Gyrfalcon
(Gyr"fal`con) n. [OE. gerfaucon, OF. gerfaucon, LL. gyrofalco, perh. fr. L. gyrus circle +
falco falcon, and named from its circling flight; or cf. E. gier-eagle. See Gyre, n., Falcon.] (Zoöl.) One
of several species and varieties of large Arctic falcons, esp. Falco rusticolus and the white species F.
Islandicus, both of which are circumpolar. The black and the gray are varieties of the former. See Illust.
of Accipiter. [Written also gerfalcon, gierfalcon, and jerfalcon.]
Gyri
(||Gy"ri) n. pl. See Gyrus.
Gyrland
(Gyr"land) v. t. [See Garland.] To garland. [Obs.]
Their hair loose and flowing, gyrlanded with sea grass.
B. Jonson. Gyrodus
(||Gyr"o*dus) n. [NL., fr. Gr. gyro`s round + 'odoy`s tooth.] (Paleon.) A genus of extinct
oölitic fishes, having rounded teeth in several rows adapted for crushing.
Gyrogonite
(Gy*rog"o*nite) n. [Gr. gy^ros circle, ring + go`nos fruit.] (Paleon.) The petrified fruit of
the Chara hispida, a species of stonewort. See Stonewort. Lyell.
Gyroidal
(Gy*roid"al) a. gy^ros circle + -oid + -al.]—>
1. Spiral in arrangement or action.
