circulare

1 circulare [CL] 1 to bend in a hoop, curve. b to curl (hair). c to set in (or surround w.) a circle or circles; cf. circularis 1b. d (p. ppl. w. numerus) square number. tanquam subita virge ~ate explicatione Gir. TH II 42; Bacon Maj. II 15 (v. corneus 2).  b 793 princeps apostolorum [1 Peter iii 3] ‥ feminas a ‥ ~atis capillis prohibuit Alcuin Ep. 19.  c 1315 capa ‥ cum aviculis et bestiis ~atis Invent. Ch. Ch. 53.  d Bart. Angl. XIX 123 (v. circularis 1e). 2 to encircle. lorica Philippus nudam ad carnem vestitur; ‥ ferro brachia ~antur T. Mon. Will. VI 9 p. 234. 3 to hoop: a (casks); b (bowls); c (wheels). a 1224 in ‥ doliis barrandis et cerclandis Cl 5b; 1242 in doliis ‥ barrandis, ~andis et hospitandis Pipe 138; 1245 in circulis emptis ad serclandum j dolium Pipe Wint. 11M59/B1/18 r. 20; 1348 in cc circulis emptis pro cuvis et doleis ~andis Ac. Durh. 546; 1392 pro couperagio, ~ando et emendacione ‥ barellorum Ac. H. Derby 160.  b ij ciphi de macere ~ati argento FormMan 21; 1337 in j cipho ligneo ~ato cum argento Sacr. Ely II 79; to garthe wesselle, ~are CathA.  c 1274 in j pari rotarum de novo ~ando Ac. Man. Cant. (Milton) . 4 to argue in a circle. nulla diffinitio debet esse ~antis; set prius et posterius tempus †diffiniuntur [? l. diffiniunt], ergo inconveniens est tempus diffinire prius et posterius Bacon VIII 239.

2 circulare v. sarculare