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{ } a. [ Pref. circum- + rotary, rotatory. ] turning, rolling, or whirling round. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Devote, Votary. ] A votary. [ Obs. ] J. Gregory. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Physics & Chem.) See Dextrotatory. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A dotard's weakness; dotage. [ Obs. ] Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Levo- + rotary. ] (Chem. & Physics) Same as levorotatory. [ PJC ]

n.; pl. Notaries [ F. notaire, L. notarius notary (in sense 1), fr. nota mark. See 5th Note. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. One who records in shorthand what is said or done; as, the notary of an ecclesiastical body. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Eng. & Am. Law) A public officer who attests or certifies deeds and other writings, or copies of them, usually under his official seal, to make them authentic, especially in foreign countries. His duties chiefly relate to instruments used in commercial transactions, such as protests of negotiable paper, ship's papers in cases of loss, damage, etc. He is generally called a notary public. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Otaries [ Gr. 'wtaro`s large-eared, fr. o'y^s, 'wto`s, ear: cf. F. otarie. ] (Zool.) Any eared seal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Prothonotary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Office of a prothonotary. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or , n.; pl. -ries [ LL. protonotarius, fr. Gr. prw^tos first + L. notarius a shorthand writer, a scribe: cf. F. protonotaire. ] 1. A chief notary or clerk. “ My private prothonotary.” Herrick. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Formerly, a chief clerk in the Court of King's Bench and in the Court of Common Pleas, now superseded by the master. [ Eng. ] Wharton. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A register or chief clerk of a court in certain States of the United States. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (R. C. Ch.) Formerly, one who had the charge of writing the acts of the martyrs, and the circumstances of their death; now, one of twelve persons, constituting a college in the Roman Curia, whose office is to register pontifical acts and to make and preserve the official record of beatifications. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Gr. Ch.) The chief secretary of the patriarch of Constantinople. [ 1913 Webster ]

Prothonotary warbler (Zool.), a small American warbler (Protonotaria citrea). The general color is golden yellow, the back is olivaceous, the rump and tail are ash-color, several outer tail feathers are partly white. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Prothonotary. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. rota a wheel. See Roll, v., and cf. barouche, Rodomontade, Roué, Round, a., Rowel. ] Turning, as a wheel on its axis; pertaining to, or resembling, the motion of a wheel on its axis; rotatory; as, rotary motion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rotary engine, steam engine in which the continuous rotation of the shaft is produced by the direct action of the steam upon rotating devices which serve as pistons, instead of being derived from a reciprocating motion, as in the ordinary engine; a steam turbine; -- called also rotatory engine. --
Rotary pump, a pump in which the fluid is impelled by rotating devices which take the place of reciprocating buckets or pistons. --
Rotary shears, shears, as for cloth, metal, etc., in which revolving sharp-edged or sharp-cornered wheels do the cutting. --
Rotary valve, a valve acting by continuous or partial rotation, as in the four-way cock. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Votaries One devoted, consecrated, or engaged by a vow or promise; hence, especially, one devoted, given, or addicted, to some particular service, worship, study, or state of life. “You are already love's firm votary.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

'T was coldness of the votary, not the prayer, that was in fault. Bp. Fell. [ 1913 Webster ]

But thou, my votary, weepest thou? Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]