#629. Circuit. -- N. circuit, roundabout way, digression, detour, circumbendibus, ambages[obs3], loop; winding &c. (circuition) 311 [obs3]; zigzag &c. (deviation) 279.
V. perform a circuit; go round about, go out of one's way; make a detour; meander &c. (deviate) 279.
lead a pretty dance; beat about the bush; make two bites of a cherry.
Adj. circuitous, indirect, roundabout; zigzag &c. (deviating) 279; backhanded.
Adv. by a side wind, by an indirect course; in a roundabout way; from pillar to post.