What does gyreful mean?
Gyreful means (obsolete, rare, poetic) Moving in gyres, whirling..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(obsolete, rare, poetic) Moving in gyres, whirling..
Of forayne worlde, on mounte Olimpe / whose carts when they were roulde / With gyrefull sway, by course swyfters, / to winne the glistring branche.
Theyre labor hoat they folow: toe the flame fits gyreful awarding.
Leaf preened by wind takes janty flight, / And gyreful now—now out of sight,
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Gyreful means (obsolete, rare, poetic) Moving in gyres, whirling..
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Of forayne worlde, on mounte Olimpe / whose carts when they were roulde / With gyrefull sway, by course swyfters, / to winne the glistring branche.
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