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- Rotatory - a. - Turning as on an axis; rotary.
- Rotatory - a. - Going in a circle; following in rotation or succession; as, rotatory assembles.
- Rotatory - a. - Producing rotation of the plane of polarization; as, the rotatory power of bodies on light. See the Note under polarization.
- Rotatory - n. - A rotifer.
- Lever - n. - A bar, as a capstan bar, applied to a rotatory piece to turn it.
- Wheel - v. t. - To put into a rotatory motion; to cause to turn or revolve; to cause to gyrate; to make or perform in a circle.
- Rotatory - a. - Producing rotation of the plane of polarization; as, the rotatory power of bodies on light. See the Note under polarization.
- Rotatory - a. - Going in a circle; following in rotation or succession; as, rotatory assembles.
- Gig - n. - A rotatory cylinder, covered with wire teeth or teasels, for teaseling woolen cloth.