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circled, ppl. a.|ˈsɜːk(ə)ld|
[f. circle + -ed.]
1. Surrounded as with, a circle; = encircled.
c1400Destr. Troy 3408 A sadill serklyt with golde. 1593Shakes. 3 Hen. VI, iv. viii. 21 Modest Dyan, circled with her Nymphs. 1652Benlowes Theoph., Her circled head..Was glorify'd with burnisht Crown of Gold. 1793Southey Lyric Poems, Race Banquo, Boldly tread the circled space. 1862R. Patterson Ess. Hist. & Art 393 Beneath this circled figure.
2. Marked with a circle or circles.
1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts 59 Their horns wax more circled as they grow in years, although I dare not affirm that every circle betokeneth a years growth. 1712–4Pope Rape Lock i. 32 Of airy Elves..the circled green. 1845Talfourd Vac. Rambles I. 236 The circled turf is such as fairies would choose for their revels.
3. Rounded; circular.
1578Banister Hist. Man iv. 48 In circled sort it [muscle] springeth from the Jugall bone. 1592Shakes. Rom. & Jul. ii. ii. 110 The Moone..That monethly changes in her circled Orbe. 1635Swan Spec. M. i. §i. (1643) 1 The circled orbs. 1865Swinburne Poems & Ball., Felise 92 Like a cat's splendid circled eyes. |