a. & adv. [ Pref. a- + twist. ] Twisted; distorted; awry. [ R. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Twirled p. pr. & vb. n. Twirling. ] [ Cf. AS. þwiril a churn staff, a stirrer, flail, þweran, āþweran, to agitate, twirl, G. zwirlen, quirlen, querlen 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

See ruddy maids,
Some taught with dexterous hand to twirl the wheel. Dodsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

No more beneath soft eve's consenting star
Fandango twirls his jocund castanet. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To revolve with velocity; to be whirled round rapidly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of twirling; a rapid circular motion; a whirl or whirling; quick rotation. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A twist; a convolution. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]