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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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}.] 
  1.  To  turn  round  rapidly;  to  cause  to  rotate  with  velocity; 
  to  make  to  revolve. 
 
  He  whirls  his  sword  around  without  delay.  --Dryden. 
 
  2.  To  remove  or  carry  quickly  with  or  as  with  a  revolving 
  motion;  to  snatch;  to  harry.  --Chaucer. 
 
  See  see  the  chariot,  and  those  rushing  wheels,  That 
  whirled  the  prophet  up  at  Chebar  flood.  --Milton. 
 
  The  passionate  heart  of  the  poet  is  whirl'd  into 
  folly.  --Tennyson. 




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