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  3  definitions  found 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Whirling  \Whirl"ing\, 
  a.  &  n.  from  {Whirl},  v.  t. 
 
  {Whirling  table}. 
  a  (Physics)  An  apparatus  provided  with  one  or  more 
  revolving  disks,  with  weights,  pulleys,  and  other 
  attachments,  for  illustrating  the  phenomena  and  laws  of 
  centrifugal  force,  and  the  like 
  b  A  potter's  wheel. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  whirling 
  adj  1:  moving  or  driven  rapidly  in  a  rotary  or  twisting  motion;  "a 
  tornado's  whirling  winds";  "swirling  currents"  [syn:  {swirling}] 
  2:  rotating  rapidly  about  an  axis;  "a  spinning  top";  "the 
  whirling  dance  of  the  Dervish"  [syn:  {spinning}] 
  n  :  the  act  of  rotating  in  a  circle  or  spiral  [syn:  {gyration}]




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