- Trochilic
- Trochilic Tro*chil"ic, a. [See {Trochilics}.] OF or pertaining to rotary motion; having power to draw out or turn round. ``By art trochilic.'' --Camden. [1913 Webster]
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Trochilic
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trochilic — a. rotary; able to turn. ♦ trochilics, n. study of rotary motion … Dictionary of difficult words
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