whirlpufft (hwerlpuf)

[ A whirle - puffe or ghust called Typhen. Holland , tr. of Pliny, ii. 48. Another, swallowed in a Whirl -Whales womb, Is laid a-live within a living Toomb. Harry... gaye master such a whirrick ! See whirret . H. Brooke, Fool of Quality, I. 21. ( Davies .) whirritt, n. and v. whirry (hwer'i), v . hurry .] I. in trans . whir; hurry. [A dial. form of whir or of To fly rapidly with noise; II. trans. To hurry. [Scotch in both uses.] whirtle (hwer'tl), n. [Origin obscure.] A perforated steel plate through which pipe or wire is drawn to reduce its diameter. E. H. Knight . whish1 (hwish), v. i. [Imitative; cf. whiz and swish.] To move with the whirring or whizzing sound of rapid motion. The scenery of a long tragic drama flashed through his mind as the lightning-expre train whishes by a station. O. W. Holmes, Profe or, vi. whish2+ (hwish), interj. [Var. of hush.] Hush. What means this peevish babe? Whish , lullaby; What ails my babe? what ails my babe to cry? Quarles, Emblems, ii. 8.