Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget

629. Circuit — N. circuit, roundabout way, digression, detour,

circumbendibus, ambages†, loop; winding &c (circuition) 311 [Obs.]; zigzag &c (deviation) 279. V. perform a circuit; go round about, go out of one's way; make a detour; meander &c (deviate) 279. lead a pretty dance; beat about the bush; make two bites of a cherry. Adj. circuitous, indirect, roundabout; zigzag &c (deviating) 279; backhanded. Adv. by a side wind, by an indirect course; in a roundabout way; from pillar to post.