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(1):

(v. t.) Anything that moves with a whirling motion.

(2):

(v. i.) To move hastily or swiftly.

(3):

(v. t.) 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.

(4):

(v. t.) A revolving hook used in twisting, as the hooked spindle of a rope machine, to which the threads to be twisted are attached.

(5):

(v. t.) To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity; to make to revolve.

(6):

(v. t.) A whorl. See Whorl.

(7):

(v. t.) To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch; to harry.

(8):

(v. i.) To be turned round rapidly; to move round with velocity; to revolve or rotate with great speed; to gyrate.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Whirl'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​w/whirl.html. 1828.
 
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