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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity; to make to revolve. [1913 Webster] He whirls his sword around without delay. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch; to harry. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] See, see the chariot, and those rushing wheels, That whirled the prophet up at Chebar flood. --Milton. [1913 Webster] The passionate heart of the poet is whirl'd into folly. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Whirl \Whirl\, v. i. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] The wooden engine flies and whirls about. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To move hastily or swiftly. [1913 Webster] But whirled away to shun his hateful sight. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] The rapid . . . whirl of things here below interrupt not the inviolable rest and calmness of the noble beings above. --South. [1913 Webster] 2. Anything that moves with a whirling motion. [1913 Webster] He saw Falmouth under gray, iron skies, and whirls of March dust. --Carlyle. [1913 Webster] 3. A revolving hook used in twisting, as the hooked spindle of a rope machine, to which the threads to be twisted are attached. [1913 Webster] 4. (Bot. & Zool.) A whorl. See {Whorl}. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: whirl n 1: confused movement; "he was caught up in a whirl of work"; "a commotion of people fought for the exits" [syn: {whirl}, {commotion}] 2: the shape of something rotating rapidly [syn: {whirl}, {swirl}, {vortex}, {convolution}] 3: a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl" [syn: {crack}, {fling}, {go}, {pass}, {whirl}, {offer}] 4: the act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it broke off after much twisting" [syn: {spin}, {twirl}, {twist}, {twisting}, {whirl}] v 1: turn in a twisting or spinning motion; "The leaves swirled in the autumn wind" [syn: {twirl}, {swirl}, {twiddle}, {whirl}] 2: cause to spin; "spin a coin" [syn: {whirl}, {birl}, {spin}, {twirl}] 3: flow in a circular current, of liquids [syn: {eddy}, {purl}, {whirlpool}, {swirl}, {whirl}] 4: revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy" [syn: {spin}, {spin around}, {whirl}, {reel}, {gyrate}] 5: fly around; "The clothes tumbled in the dryer"; "rising smoke whirled in the air" [syn: {whirl}, {tumble}, {whirl around}]