\Cir`cum*vo*lu"tion\, n. [See {Circumvolve}.]
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.