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Rotate :: Rotate (v. i.) To turn, as a wheel, round an axis; to revolve..

Cylinder :: Cylinder (n.) The bore of a gun; the turning chambered breech of a revolver.

Revolve :: Revolve (v. t.) To cause to turn, as on an axis..

Enorthotrope :: Enorthotrope (n.) An optical toy; a card on which confused or imperfect figures are drawn, but which form to the eye regular figures when the card is rapidly revolved. See Thaumatrope..

Center :: Center (n.) One of the two conical steel pins, in a lathe, etc., upon which the work is held, and about which it revolves..

Turn :: Turn (v. i.) Hence, to revolve as if upon a point of support; to hinge; to depend; as, the decision turns on a single fact..

Circumvolve :: Circumvolve (v. i.) To roll round; to revolve.

Revolvency :: Revolvency (n.) The act or state of revolving; revolution.

Tympanum :: Tympanum (n.) A drum-shaped wheel with spirally curved partitions by which water is raised to the axis when the wheel revolves with the lower part of the circumference submerged, -- used for raising water, as for irrigation..

Revolutive :: Revolutive (a.) Inclined to revolve things in the mind; meditative.

Whirl :: Whirl (v. i.) To be turned round rapidly; to move round with velocity; to revolve or rotate with great speed; to gyrate.

Axle :: Axle (n.) The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel..

Circumvolve :: Circumvolve (v. t.) To roll round; to cause to revolve; to put into a circular motion.

Satellite :: Satellite (n.) A secondary planet which revolves about another planet; as, the moon is a satellite of the earth. See Solar system, under Solar..

Circle :: Circle (n.) To move around; to revolve around.

Twine :: Twine (v. i.) To turn round; to revolve.

Spline :: Spline (n.) A rectangular piece fitting grooves like key seats in a hub and a shaft, so that while the one may slide endwise on the other, both must revolve together; a feather; also, sometimes, a groove to receive such a rectangular piece..

Wreathe :: Wreathe (n.) To cause to revolve or writhe; to twist about; to turn.

Bucket :: Bucket (n.) One of the receptacles on the rim of a water wheel into which the water rushes, causing the wheel to revolve; also, a float of a paddle wheel..

Shaft :: Shaft (n.) A solid or hollow cylinder or bar, having one or more journals on which it rests and revolves, and intended to carry one or more wheels or other revolving parts and to transmit power or motion; as, the shaft of a steam engine..

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