gyre

kiekura a swirling vortex
a circular current, especially a large-scale ocean current
A circular motion, or a circle described by a moving body; a turn or revolution; a circuit.
Dryden

Quick and more quick he spins in giddy gyres.

Still expanding and ascending gyres.

Which from their proper orbes not goe,Whether they gyre swift or slowe:

'Twas brillig, and the slithy tovesDid gyre and gimble in the wabe;