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古腾堡计划中的在线英语-英语词典
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Whirl
(v. t.)
Anything that moves with a whirling motion.
Whirl
(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.
Whirl
(v. t.)
A whorl. See Whorl.
Whirl-blast
(n.)
A whirling blast or wind.
Whirlabout
(n.)
Something that whirls or turns about in a rapid manner;
a whirligig.
Whirlbat
(n.)
Anything moved with a whirl, as preparatory for a blow,
or to augment the force of it; -- applied by poets to the cestus of
ancient boxers.
Whirlbone
(n.)
The huckle bone.
Whirlbone
(n.)
The patella, or kneepan.
Whirled
(imp. & p. p.)
of Whirl
Whirler
(n.)
One who, or that which, whirls.
Whirlicote
(n.)
An open car or chariot.
Whirligig
(n.)
A child's toy, spun or whirled around like a wheel upon
an axis, or like a top.
Whirligig
(n.)
Anything which whirls around, or in which persons or
things are whirled about, as a frame with seats or wooden horses.
Whirligig
(n.)
A mediaeval instrument for punishing petty offenders,
being a kind of wooden cage turning on a pivot, in which the offender
was whirled round with great velocity.
Whirligig
(n.)
Any one of numerous species of beetles belonging to
Gyrinus and allied genera. The body is firm, oval or boatlike in form,
and usually dark colored with a bronzelike luster. These beetles live
mostly on the surface of water, and move about with great celerity in a
gyrating, or circular, manner, but they are also able to dive and swim
rapidly. The larva is aquatic. Called also weaver, whirlwig, and
whirlwig beetle.
Whirling
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Whirl
a. & n. from Whirl, v. t.
Whirlpit
(n.)
A whirlpool.
Whirlpool
(n.)
An eddy or vortex of water; a place in a body of water
where the water moves round in a circle so as to produce a depression
or cavity in the center, into which floating objects may be drawn; any
body of water having a more or less circular motion caused by its
flowing in an irregular channel, by the coming together of opposing
currents, or the like.
Whirlpool
(n.)
A sea monster of the whale kind.