Part 5052

<hw>Gy"ro*scope</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ ring, circle + <ets>-scope</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A rotating wheel, mounted in a ring or rings, for illustrating the dynamics of rotating bodies, the composition of rotations, etc. It was devised by Professor W. R. Johnson, in 1832, by whom it was called the rotascope.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A form of the above apparatus, invented by M. Foucault, mounted so delicately as to render visible the rotation of the earth, through the tendency of the rotating wheel to preserve a constant plane of rotation, independently of the earth's motion.</def>

<h1>Gyroscopic</h1> <Xpage=661>

<hw>Gy"ro*scop"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to the gyroscope; resembling the motion of the gyroscope.</def>

<h1>Gy-rose</h1> <Xpage=661>

<hw>Gy-rose"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Gyre</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Turned round like a crook, or bent to and fro.</def>

<i>Loudon.</i>

<h1>Gyrostat</h1> <Xpage=661>

<hw>Gy"ro*stat</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ ring, circle + <?/ to cause to stand.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>A modification of the gyroscope, consisting essentially of a fly wheel fixed inside a rigid case to which is attached a thin flange of metal for supporting the instrument. It is used in studying the dynamics of rotating bodies.</def>

<h1>Gyrostatic</h1> <Xpage=661>

<hw>Gy"ro*stat"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the gyrostat or to gyrostatics.</def>

<h1>Gyrostatics</h1> <Xpage=661>

<hw>Gy"ro*stat"ics</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>The doctrine or theory of the gyrostat, or of the phenomena of rotating bodies.</def>

<h1>Gyrus</h1> <Xpage=661>

<hw>Gy"rus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Gyri</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. See <er>Gyre</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>A convoluted ridge between grooves; a convolution; <as>as, the <ex>gyri</ex> of the brain; the <ex>gyri</ex> of brain coral</as>. See <er>Brain</er>.</def>

<h1>Gyse</h1> <Xpage=661>

<hw>Gyse</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Guise.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Gyte</h1> <Xpage=661>

<hw>Gyte</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Delirious; senselessly extravagant; <as>as, the man is clean gyte</as>.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<i>Sir W. Scott. </i>

<h1>Gyve</h1> <Xpage=661>

<hw>Gyve</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Of Celtic origin; cf. W. gefyn, Ir. geibbionn, Gael. geimheal.]</ety> <def>A shackle; especially, one to confine the legs; a fetter.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>give</asp>.]</altsp>

<blockquote>Like a poor prisoner in his twisted <b>gyves</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>With <b>gyves</b> upon his wrist. <i>Hood.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Gyve</h1> <Xpage=661>

<hw>Gyve</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[<ets>imp. & p. p.</ets> <er>Gyved</er> (<?/); <ets>p. pr. & vb. n.</ets> <er>Gyving</er>.]</ety> <def>To fetter; to shackle; to chain.</def>

<i>Spenser.</i>