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   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. √16. See Wharf, and cf. Warble, Whorl.]
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   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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   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, v. i.
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   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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   To move hastily or swiftly.
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   But whirled away to shun his hateful sight.
   Dryden.
   
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   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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   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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   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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   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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   (Bot. & Zool.) A whorl. See Whorl.
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