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Newel :: Newel (n.) The upright post about which the steps of a circular staircase wind; hence, in stairs having straight flights, the principal post at the foot of a staircase, or the secondary ones at the landings. See Hollow newel, under Hollow..

Disc :: Disc (n.) A circular structure either in plants or animals; as, a blood disc, a germinal disc, etc. Same as Disk..

Cymbal :: Cymbal (n.) A musical instrument of brass, shaped like a circular dish or a flat plate, with a handle at the back; -- used in pairs to produce a sharp ringing sound by clashing them together..

Roll :: Roll (v. i.) To turn; to move circularly.

Amphitheatre :: Amphitheatre (n.) An oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats about an open space called the arena.

Orbical :: Orbical (a.) Spherical; orbicular; orblike; circular.

Rim :: Rim (n.) The border, edge, or margin of a thing, usually of something circular or curving; as, the rim of a kettle or basin..

Monkey-pot :: Monkey-pot (n.) The fruit of two South American trees (Lecythis Ollaria, and L. Zabucajo), which have for their fruit large, pot-shaped, woody capsules containing delicious nuts, and opening almost explosively by a circular lid at the top. Vases and pots are made of this capsule..

Roundel :: Roundel (a.) A small circular shield, sometimes not more than a foot in diameter, used by soldiers in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries..

Circular :: Circular (a.) Adhering to a fixed circle of legends; cyclic; hence, mean; inferior. See Cyclic poets, under Cyclic..

Whirlpool :: Whirlpool (n.) An eddy or vortex of water; a place in a body of water where the water moves round in a circle so as to produce a depression or cavity in the center, into which floating objects may be drawn; any body of water having a more or less circular motion caused by its flowing in an irregular channel, by the coming together of opposing currents, or the like..

Circularly :: Circularly (adv.) In a circular manner.

Semicirque :: Semicirque (n.) A semicircular hollow or opening among trees or hills.

Kinetogenesis :: Kinetogenesis (n.) An instrument for producing curves by the combination of circular movements; -- called also kinescope.

Cope :: Cope (n.) An ecclesiastical vestment or cloak, semicircular in form, reaching from the shoulders nearly to the feet, and open in front except at the top, where it is united by a band or clasp. It is worn in processions and on some other occasions..

Placentiform :: Placentiform (a.) Having the shape of a placenta, or circular thickened disk somewhat thinner about the middle..

Bore :: Bore (v. i.) To make a hole or perforation with, or as with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool; as, to bore for water or oil (i. e., to sink a well by boring for water or oil); to bore with a gimlet; to bore into a tree (as insects)..

Contrarotation :: Contrarotation (n.) Circular motion in a direction contrary to some other circular motion.

Troll :: Troll (v. t.) To move circularly or volubly; to roll; to turn.

Grapeshot :: Grapeshot (n.) A cluster, usually nine in number, of small iron balls, put together by means of cast-iron circular plates at top and bottom, with two rings, and a central connecting rod, in order to be used as a charge for a cannon. Formerly grapeshot were inclosed in canvas bags..

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