† verticillary, a. Obs. rare.
[f. L. verticillus verticillus: see -ary.]
Of motion: Rotatory, whirling, vertiginous.
| 1757 E. Darwin in Phil. Trans. L. 247 The verticillary motion given to charcoal-dust thrown on nitre in fusion. 1794–6 ― Zoon. (1801) III. 145 When the legs are straight, as in standing erect, there is no verticillary motion in the knee-joint. |