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The act of rolling round; the state of being rolled.

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  1. n. The act of rolling round; the state of being rolled.
  2. n. A thing rolled round another.
  3. n. A roundabout procedure; a circumlocution.
  4. n. the act of turning or winding or folding around a central axis
  5. 1. The act of rolling round; the state of being rolled. 2. A thing rolled round another. Arbuthnot. 3. A roundabout procedure; a circumlocution. He had neither time nor temper for sentimental circumvolutions. Beaconsfield.
  6. n. the act of turning or winding or folding around a central axis