Dictionary entry

Gyre

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Gyre (jīr), n. [L. gyrus, Gr. γυ̑ροσ, cf. γυρόσ 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. Dryden.

Still expanding and ascending gyres. Mrs. Browning.