Gyre
Gyre (jīr) , noun
[Latin gyrus, Greek gy^ros, compare 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.
Still expanding and ascending gyres.
Gyre , verb, transitive and intransitive
[Compare Old French gyrer, girer. See Gyrate.]
To turn round; to gyrate. [Obsolete] — Bp. Hall