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gyraculum

gyraculum [LL] 1 ‘whirlbone’, whirligig, sort of toy (also fig.). cum hec ‥ que blandiciarum insipientibus apta conveniunt pignora tue legacioni defuerant, giracula viz. vel poma, quo libacioni forcius aspirat gratulando stultorum levitas, quam ‥ Fordun Chr. II 15; whyrlgyg, chyldis game, giraculum PP; an hurre bone, giraculum; versus: ossa quibus ludunt pueri giracula dicas CathA; a whorlebone, internodium [v. l. giraculum], vertibra CathA; a scoperelle, giraculum Ib.. 2 whorl of spindle. giraculum, a trendel WW; a qwherel of a spyndylle, giraculum, neopellum, vertibrum CathA.

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