SPIRAL
ADJECTIVES
► GYRAL moving in a circle or spiral; whirling → 1750
► GYRANT having a circular or spiral course → 1844
► GYRATORY moving in a circle or spiral; revolving, whirling → 1815
► GYROUS circular, spiral → 1688
► QUISTED twisted, spiral → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
NOUNS
► GYRATION motion in a circle or spiral; revolution round a fixed centre or axis; a turning round, wheeling, or whirling → 1615
► GYRE 1. a turning round, revolution, whirl; a circular or spiral turn → 1566 poetic & literary usage
2. a ring, a circle, a spiral → 1590 poetic & literary usage
► RUNDLE a coil, curve, spiral → 1565 obs.
VERBS
► GYRATE to move in a circle or spiral; to revolve; to rotate, to whirl → 1830
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