[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

gyre \gyre\ jimacr, 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.
   1913 webster

         quick and more quick he spins in giddy gyres. --dryden.
   1913 webster

         still expanding and ascending gyres.     --mrs.
                                                  browning.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

gyre \gyre\, v. t.  i. cf. of. gyrer, girer. see gyrate.
   to turn round; to gyrate. obs. --bp. hall. --drayton.
   1913 webster
see also:
gyrate 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

gyre
     n : a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles syn:
          coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet,
         scroll
see also:
coil whorl roll curl curlicue ringlet 
scroll 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

141 moby thesaurus words for "gyre":
   baba yaga, charybdis, lilith, afreet, barghest, cacodemon, circle,
   circling, circuit, circuiteer, circuition, circuitousness,
   circuitry, circularity, circulate, circulation, circumambience,
   circumambiency, circumambulate, circumambulation, circumflexion,
   circumlocution, circummigrate, circummigration, circumnavigate,
   circumnavigation, circumrotate, circumvent, circumvolute,
   circumvolution, cirrus, close the circle, coil, come full circle,
   compass, corkscrew, crank, curl, curlicue, cycle, daeva, demon,
   describe a circle, deviance, deviancy, deviation, devil,
   deviousness, digression, dizzy round, dybbuk, eddy, encircle,
   encompass, evil genius, evil spirit, evolute, excursion, excursus,
   fiend, fiend from hell, flank, genie, genius, ghoul, girdle,
   girdle the globe, go about, go around, go round, go the round,
   gurge, gyrate, gyration, gyring, helix, hellion, incubus,
   indirection, involute, jinni, jinniyeh, kink, lamia, lap,
   maelstrom, make a circuit, meandering, orbit, orbiting, pirouette,
   pivot, purl, rakshasa, rat race, reel, revolve, ringlet, roll,
   rotate, rotation, round, roundaboutness, rounding, satan, screw,
   scroll, shedu, skirt, spin, spiral, spiraling, succubus, surge,
   surround, swing, swirl, swivel, tendril, the undead, turn,
   turn a pirouette, turn around, turn round, turning, twirl, twist,
   vampire, volute, volution, vortex, wamble, wheel, wheeling, whirl,
   whirligig, whirlpool, whirlwind, whorl, wind, yogini

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