Verticity

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Verticity \Ver*tic"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. verticit['e]. See
     {Vertex}.]
     The quality or power of turning; revolution; rotation. [R.]
     --Locke.
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           I hardly believe he hath from elder times unknown the
           verticity of the loadstone.              --Sir T.
                                                    Browne.
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