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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A circle.
  • noun Specifically A time-signature in early music.
  • noun A glass-makers tool for cutting off the necks of glass vessels.
  • noun In anatomy, a circle; a ring: especially applied to vascular structures.
  • noun The head-band of a miter.

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