The battle had tied itself into a ball of Gyrating, fire-spitting ships that went rolling toward the planet, which was swinging in and out of the main viewscreen and growing rapidly larger.
"Space Viking"
Henry Beam Piper
Gyrating in long curves, with the other dancers swishing mysteriously about them like the dancers of a dream, and the music as far off as another world, they clung together in the rhythm and in the enchantment, until the music ceased....
"The Lion's Share"
E. Arnold Bennett
As there was a lighted gas-jet near by, I watched the Gyrating muslin with apprehension, and was shocked when, in another moment, I saw the flimsy folds give one wild flap and flare up into a dangerous flame.
"The House in the Mist"
Anna Katharine Green