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Whirl \Whirl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Whirled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Whirling}.] [OE. whirlen, probably from the Scand.; cf.
Icel. & Sw. hvirfla, Dan. hvirvle; akin to D. wervelen, G.
wirbeln, freq. of the verb seen in Icel. hverfa to turn.
[root]16. See {Wharf}, and cf. {Warble}, {Whorl}.]
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1. To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity;
to make to revolve.
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He whirls his sword around without delay. --Dryden.
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2. To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving
motion; to snatch; to harry. --Chaucer.
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See, see the chariot, and those rushing wheels,
That whirled the prophet up at Chebar flood.
--Milton.
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The passionate heart of the poet is whirl'd into
folly. --Tennyson.
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Whirl \Whirl\, v. i.
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1. To be turned round rapidly; to move round with velocity;
to revolve or rotate with great speed; to gyrate. "The
whirling year vainly my dizzy eyes pursue." --J. H.
Newman.
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The wooden engine flies and whirls about. --Dryden.
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2. To move hastily or swiftly.
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But whirled away to shun his hateful sight.
--Dryden.
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Whirl \Whirl\, n. [Cf. Dan. hvirvel, Sw. hvirfvel, Icel.
hvirfill the crown of the head, G. wirbel whirl, crown of the
head, D. wervel. See {Whirl}, v. t.]
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1. A turning with rapidity or velocity; rapid rotation or
circumvolution; quick gyration; rapid or confusing motion;
as, the whirl of a top; the whirl of a wheel. "In no
breathless whirl." --J. H. Newman.
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The rapid . . . whirl of things here below interrupt
not the inviolable rest and calmness of the noble
beings above. --South.
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2. Anything that moves with a whirling motion.
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He saw Falmouth under gray, iron skies, and whirls
of March dust. --Carlyle.
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3. A revolving hook used in twisting, as the hooked spindle
of a rope machine, to which the threads to be twisted are
attached.
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4. (Bot. & Zool.) A whorl. See {Whorl}.
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