circuition

Roget category 311

2. Words relating to space
› 2.4. Motion
›› 2.4.4. Motion with reference to direction

#311. [Curvilinear motion.] Circuition

noun

circuition^†, circulation — turn, curvet — excursion, circumvention, circumnavigation, circumambulation — northwest passage — circuit etc. 629.
turning etc. v. — wrench — evolution — coil, corkscrew.

verb

turn, bend, wheel — go about, put about — heel — go round to the right about, turn round to the right about — turn on one's heel — make a circle, make a complete circle, describe a circle, describe a complete circle — go through 180 degrees, go through 360 degrees, pass through 180 degrees, pass through 360 degrees.
circumnavigate, circumambulate, circumvent — put a girdle round about the earth" [M.

noun

D.]; go the round, make the round of.
wind, circulate, meander — whisk, twirl — twist etc. (convolution) 248 — make a detour etc. (circuit) 629.

adjective

turning etc. v. — circuitous — circumforaneous^†, circumfluent^†.

adverb

round about.

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