Part 665

Like a right gypsy, hath, at fast and loose, Beguiled me to the very heart of loss.

Shak.

2. The language used by the gypsies.

3. A dark-complexioned person. Shak.

4. A cunning or crafty person [Colloq.] Prior.

Gyp"sy a. Pertaining to, or suitable for, gypsies.

Gypsy hat, a woman's or child's broad-brimmed hat, usually of straw or felt. -- Gypsy winch, a small winch, which may be operated by a crank, or by a ratchet and pawl through a lever working up and down.

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Gyp"sy (jp"s), v. i. To play the gypsy; to picnic in the woods. Mostly, Gyp"sy*ing, vb. n.

Gyp"sy*ism (jp"s*z'm), n. 1. The arts and practices or habits of gypsies; deception; cheating; flattery.

2. The state of a gypsy.

Gyp"sy*wort` (-w˚rt`), n. (Bot.) A labiate plant (the Lycopus EuropÊus). Gypsies are said to stain their skin with its juice.

||Gyr`a*can"thus (jr`*kn"ths), n. [NL., fr. Gr. gyro`s round + 'a`kanqa ||spine.] (Paleon.) A genus of fossil fishes, found in Devonian and ||carboniferous strata; -- so named from their round, sculptured ||spines.

Gy"ral (j"ral), a. [See Gyre.] 1. Moving in a circular path or way; whirling; gyratory.

2. (Anat.) Pertaining to a gyrus, or convolution.

Gy"rant (-rant), a. Gyrating. [R.]

Gy"rate (-rt), a. [L. gyratus made in a circular form, p. p. of gyrare.] Winding or coiled round; curved into a circle; taking a circular course.

Gy"rate (-rt), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gyrated (-r*td); p. pr. & vb. n. Gyrating.] [L. gyratus, p. p. of gyrare to gyrate. See Gyre, n.] To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado; to revolve.

Gy*ra"tion (j*r"shn), n. 1. The act of turning or whirling, as around a fixed center; a circular or spiral motion; motion about an axis; rotation; revolution.

The gyrations of an ascending balloon.

De Quincey.

If a burning coal be nimbly moved round in a circle, with gyrations continually repeated, the whole circle will appear like fire.

Sir I. Newton.

2. (Zoˆl.) One of the whorls of a spiral univalve shell.

Center of gyration. (Mech.) See under Center. -- Radius of gyration, the distance between the axis of a rotating body and its center of gyration. Rankine.

Gy"ra*to*ry (j"r*t*r), a. Moving in a circle, or spirally; revolving; whirling around.

Gyre (jr), n. [L. gyrus, Gr. gy^ros, cf. gyro`s round.] A circular motion, or a circle described by a moving body; a turn or revolution; a circuit.

Quick and more quick he spins in giddy gyres.