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twirling |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Twirl \Twirl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Twirled}; p. pr & vb n. {Twirling}.] [Cf. AS [thorn]wiril a churn staff, a stirrer, flail, [thorn]weran, [=a][thorn]weran, to agitate, twirl, G. zwirlen quirlen to twirl, to turn round or about quirl a twirling stick, OHG. dweran to twirl, stir. Cf {Trowel}.] To move or turn round rapidly; to whirl round; to move and turn rapidly with the fingers. See ruddy maids, Some taught with dexterous hand to twirl the wheel. --Dodsley. No more beneath soft eve's consenting star Fandango twirls his jocund castanet. --Byron.
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