Part 5051

<hw>Gy"ri</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <def>See <er>Gyrus</er>.</def>

<h1>Gyrland</h1> <Xpage=661>

<hw>Gyr"land</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Garland</er>.]</ety> <def>To garland.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Gyrodus</h1> <Xpage=661>

<hw>Gyr"o*dus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ round + <?/ tooth.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>A genus of extinct o\'94litic fishes, having rounded teeth in several rows adapted for crushing.</def>

<h1>Gyrogonite</h1> <Xpage=661>

<hw>Gy*rog"o*nite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ circle, ring + <?/ fruit.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>The petrified fruit of the Chara hispida, a species of stonewort. See <er>Stonewort</er>.</def>

<i>Lyell.</i>

<h1>Gyroidal</h1> <Xpage=661>

<hw>Gy*roid"al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ circle + <ets>-oid + -al</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Spiral in arrangement or action.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Crystallog.)</fld> <def>Having the planes arranged spirally, so that they incline all to the right (or left) of a vertical line; -- said of certain hemihedral forms.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Opt.)</fld> <def>Turning the plane of polarization circularly or spirally to the right or left.</def>

<h1>Gyrolepis</h1> <Xpage=661>

<hw>Gy*rol"e*pis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ round + <?/ scale.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>A genus of ganoid fishes, found in strata of the new red sandetone, and the lias bone beds.</def>

<i>Agassiz.</i>

<h1>Gyroma</h1> <Xpage=661>

<hw>Gy*ro"ma</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ to round, bend, fr. <?/ round.]</ety> <def>A turning round.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Gyromancy</h1> <Xpage=661>

<hw>Gyr"o*man"cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ ring, circle + <ets>-mancy</ets>: cf. F. <ets>gyromancie</ets>.]</ety> <def>A kind of divination performed by drawing a ring or circle, and walking in or around it.</def>

<i>Brande & C. </i>

<h1>Gyron</h1> <Xpage=661>

<hw>Gy"ron</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>giron</ets>; of German origin. See <er>Gore</er> a piece of cloth,]</ety> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>A subordinary of triangular form having one of its angles at the fess point and the opposite aide at the edge of the escutcheon. When there is only one gyron on the shield it is bounded by two linea drawn from the fess point, one horizontally to the dexter side, and one to the dexter chief corner.</def>

<h1>Gyronny</h1> <Xpage=661>

<hw>Gy"ron*ny</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>gironn<?/</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Covered with gyrons, or divided so as to form several gyrons; -- said of an escutcheon.</def>

<h1>Gyropigeon</h1> <Xpage=661>

<hw>Gy"ro*pi"geon</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>gyrare</ets> to revolve + E. <ets>pigeon</ets>.]</ety> <def>A flying object simulating a pigeon in flight, when projected from a spring trap. It is used as a flying target in shooting matches.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Gyroscope</h1> <Xpage=661>