Roundabout: alternatives and connections

Not direct; not straight or rectilinear; deviating from a direct line or course; circuitous; as, an indirect road.

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Not direct; not straight or rectilinear; deviating from a direct line or course; circuitous; as, an indirect road.

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The act of joining, or the state of being joined; union; combination; coalition; as, the junction of two armies or detachments; the junction of paths.

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To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse.

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A journey, or stage of a journey.

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The course or way which is traveled or passed, or is to be passed; a passing; a course; a road or path; a march.

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A plane figure, bounded by a single curve line called its circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within it, called the ce…

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Going round in a circuit; roundabout; indirect; as, a circuitous road; a circuitous manner of accomplishing an end.

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Out of a straight line; winding; varying from directness; as, a devious path or way.

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Any revolving contrivance for affording amusement; esp., a ring of flying hobbyhorses.

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Turning, as a wheel on its axis; pertaining to, or resembling, the motion of a wheel on its axis; rotatory; as, rotary motion.

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A child's toy, spun or whirled around like a wheel upon an axis, or like a top.

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