Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

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. — Dryden
Still expanding and ascending gyres. — Mrs. Browning

Gyre , verb, transitive and intransitive

[Compare Old French gyrer, girer. See Gyrate.]

To turn round; to gyrate. [Obsolete] — Bp. Hall