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Definition of Gyrations
1. gyration [n] - See also: gyration
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gyrations
Literary usage of Gyrations
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to Entomology: Or, Elements of the Natural History of by William Kirby, William Spence (1843)
"... the motion of its wings is inconceivably rapid.3 The gyrations of insects take
place either when they are reposing, or when thay are flying or swimming. ..."
2. The American Coast Pilot: Containing Directions for the Principal Harbors by Edmund March Blunt, George William Blunt (1847)
"... are nearly uniform in all the great oceanic basins; and that the course of
these circuits and of the stormy gyrations which they may contain, is, ..."
3. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1884)
"... libations to beer) looked dumbfounded at the gyrations of Ыз friends. The whisky
was " cherry, old stock," sent him by a valued friend in Pennsylvania. ..."
4. Observations in the East: Chiefly in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, and Asia Minor by John Price Durbin (1845)
"Their Frantic Performances. — Pretence of Healing.—Dancing Dervishes.—Polite
Reception.—A Little Worshipper. — The Mosque.— Ceremonies.— Gyrations. ..."
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