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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ 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.
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           But grief returns with the revolving year. --Shelley.
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           Revolving seasons, fruitless as they pass. --Cowper.
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     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.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.
  
           But grief returns with the revolving year. --Shelley.
  
           Revolving seasons, fruitless as they pass. --Cowper.
  
     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.

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