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O :: O (n.) Something shaped like the letter O; a circle or oval.

Almacantar :: Almacantar (n.) A recently invented instrument for observing the heavenly bodies as they cross a given almacantar circle. See Almucantar.

Planisphere :: Planisphere (n.) The representation of the circles of the sphere upon a plane; especially, a representation of the celestial sphere upon a plane with adjustable circles, or other appendages, for showing the position of the heavens, the time of rising and setting of stars, etc., for any given date or hour..

Wreathe :: Wreathe (n.) To twine or twist about; to surround; to encircle.

Browbound :: Browbound (a.) Crowned; having the head encircled as with a diadem.

Obvoluted :: Obvoluted (a.) Overlapping; contorted; convolute; -- applied primarily, in botany, to two opposite leaves, each of which has one edge overlapping the nearest edge of the other, and secondarily to a circle of several leaves or petals which thus overlap..

Engarland :: Engarland (v. t.) To encircle with a garland, or with garlands..

Circuit :: Circuit (v. i.) To move in a circle; to go round; to circulate.

Wreathe :: Wreathe (n.) To surround with anything twisted or convolved; to encircle; to infold.

Circler :: Circler (n.) A mean or inferior poet, perhaps from his habit of wandering around as a stroller; an itinerant poet. Also, a name given to the cyclic poets. See under Cyclic, a..

Cirque :: Cirque (n.) A circle; a circus; a circular erection or arrangement of objects.

Armillary :: Armillary (n.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a bracelet or ring; consisting of rings or circles..

Duledge :: Duledge (n.) One of the dowels joining the ends of the fellies which form the circle of the wheel of a gun carriage.

Circumferentor :: Circumferentor (n.) A graduated wheel for measuring tires; a tire circle.

Annulus :: Annulus (n.) The solid formed by a circle revolving around a line which is the plane of the circle but does not cut it.

Octant :: Octant (n.) The eighth part of a circle; an arc of 45 degrees.

Ctenostomata :: Ctenostomata (n. pl.) A suborder of Bryozoa, usually having a circle of bristles below the tentacles..

Secant :: Secant (a.) A right line drawn from the center of a circle through one end of a circular arc, and terminated by a tangent drawn from the other end; the number expressing the ratio line of this line to the radius of the circle. See Trigonometrical function, under Function..

Sextant :: Sextant (n.) An instrument for measuring angular distances between objects, -- used esp. at sea, for ascertaining the latitude and longitude. It is constructed on the same optical principle as Hadley's quadrant, but usually of metal, with a nicer graduation, telescopic sight, and its arc the sixth, and sometimes the third, part of a circle. See Quadrant..

Ringlet :: Ringlet (n.) A small ring; a small circle; specifically, a fairy ring..

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