'Revolving' definitions:
Definition of 'Revolving'
From: GCIDE
- Revolving \Re*volv"ing\, a. Making a revolution or revolutions; rotating; -- used also figuratively of time, seasons, etc., depending on the revolution of the earth. [1913 Webster]
- But grief returns with the revolving year. --Shelley. [1913 Webster]
- Revolving seasons, fruitless as they pass. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
- Revolving firearm. See Revolver.
- Revolving light, a light or lamp in a lighthouse so arranged as to appear and disappear at fixed intervals, either by being turned about an axis so as to show light only at intervals, or by having its light occasionally intercepted by a revolving screen. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Revolving'
From: GCIDE
- Revolve \Re*volve"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Revolved; p. pr. & vb. n. Revolving.] [L. revolvere, revolutum; pref. re- re- + volvere to roll, turn round. See Voluble, and cf. Revolt, revolution.]
- 1. To turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel; to rotate, -- which is the more specific word in this sense. [1913 Webster]
- If the earth revolve thus, each house near the equator must move a thousand miles an hour. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To move in a curved path round a center; as, the planets revolve round the sun. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To pass in cycles; as, the centuries revolve. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To return; to pass. [R.] --Ayliffe. [1913 Webster]