n. [ Gr. qay^ma a wonder + tre`pein to turn. ] (Opt.) An optical instrument or toy for showing the persistence of an impression upon the eyes after the luminous object is withdrawn. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ It consists of a card having on its opposite faces figures of two different objects, or halves of the same object, as a bird and a cage, which, when the card is whirled rapidly round a diameter by the strings that hold it, appear to the eye combined in a single picture, as of a bird in its cage. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL., from Gr. qaymatourgo`s wonder-working; qay^ma a wonder + 'e`rgon work. ] A miracle worker; -- a title given by the Roman Catholics to some saints. [ 1913 Webster ]
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