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To contravene; to nullify; as, to circumduct acts of judicature.
A leading about; circumlocution.
An annulling; cancellation.
The rotation of a limb round an imaginary axis, so as to describe a concial surface.
Surrounding the esophagus; -- in Zool. said of the nerve commissures and ganglia of arthropods and mollusks.
Circumesophagal.
To bear or carry round.
The line that goes round or encompasses a circular figure; a periphery.
A circle; anything circular.
The external surface of a sphere, or of any orbicular body.
To include in a circular space; to bound.
Pertaining to the circumference; encompassing; encircling; circuitous.
So as to surround or encircle.
A surveying instrument, for taking horizontal angles and bearings; a surveyor's compass. It consists of a compass whose needle plays over a circle graduated to 360¡, and of a horizontal brass bar at the ends of which are standards with narrow slits for sighting, supported on a tripod by a ball and socket joint.
A graduated wheel for measuring tires; a tire circle.
Blowing around.
To bend around.
To mark with the circumflex accent, as a vowel.
of Circumflect
of Circumflect