Whirl

hweri, v. [whirled (hwSrld), whirling.] To turn round rapidly to cause to rotate with velinger or ink, then, boNboN. chair, get. 696 WHISK 676 locity; to remove quickly with a revolving motion. — v. To be turned round rapidly, move round with velocity, gyrate; to move hastily. — n. A turning with rapidity or velocity; rapid rotation! anything: that moves or is turned with velocity, esp. on an axis or pivot; a revolving hook used in twisting. (Bot. & Conch.) A whorl. [OD. wervelen, Dan. hvirvle, Ic. hvirfia, to whirl, freq. of hverfa, to turn round; warble.}— Whirl''er, n.— Whirl'pool, n. An eddy of water; a vortex or gulf in which the water moves round in a circle. — Whirl'wind, n. A violent wind moving in a circle round its axis, and having a progre ive motion. [Ic. hvirfilvindr.] — Whirl'-bat, n. Anything moved with a whirl as preparatory for a blow, or to augment the force of the cestus of ancient boxers.— -bone, n. The patella cap of the knee kn ee-pan. — Whirl'igig, -T-gig, n. A child's toy, spun or whirled around like a Whirligig. wheel upon an axis, or like a top. — (Entom.) An aquatic beetle having a metallic luster, which lives on the surface of water, and moves rapmg^ volvin disks, wit Whirling-table. weights, foot-board wheel pulley pu lley arm f, uprights. etc., to lustrate the laws of centrifugal forces,