Gram. & rhet. (a) Formation or construction of a sentence; rightful (order of) construccioun, normal order of syntactic elements; (b) a rhetorical figure; figure of construccioun. …

(a) The action or process of fastening together; also fig.; (b) sticking together; sticking (to sth.); (c) copulation; (d) a hostile encounter, fight; (e) building or making by fastening parts……

(a) Movement about an axis or central point, rotation, revolution; also, a whirling about; also, the circular passage of time; an annular cycle; turning abouten; turning up and doun; (b) in cpds. and……