1) Circuit 2) Convolution 1) Path 2) Secret ways of action 3) Way of life 
windings; roundabout ways; delays
• (n. pl.) A circuit; a winding. Hence: Circuitous way or proceeding; quibble; circumlocution; indirect mode of speech.
Am·ba'ges noun plural [ Latin (usually in plural); prefix ambi- , amb- + agere to drive: confer French ambage .] A circuit; a winding. Hence: Circuitous way or proceeding; quibble; circumlocution; indirect mode of speech. « After many ambages , perspicu...
noun (archaic) roundabout or mysterious ways of action
winding, roundabout paths or ways.