whipworm (hwipwerm)

A nematoid parasitic worm, Trichocephalus dispar, or another of this genus, as T. affinis, the cæcum-worm of sheep. They have a long, slender anterior part and a short, stout posterior part, like a whip-lash joined to a whip-stock. whir (hwer), v.; pret. and pp. whirred, ppr. whir ring. [Also whirr, and formerly whur; prob. I. in trans. To fly, dart, revolve, or otherwise move quickly with a whizzing or buzzing IMG:content-2321.png:[blocks in formation] For fervour of his unspent strength, in settling on the ground. Chapman, Iliad, xiv. 343. The lark Whirred from among the fern beneath our feet. Words worth, The Borderers, iii. The blue blaze whirred up the chimney and flashed into the room. S. Judd , Margaret, i. 13. And the whirring sail [of the windmill] goes round. Tennyson, The Owl, i. II. trans. To hurry away with a whizzing sound. This world to me is like a lasting storm, Whirring me from my friends. Shak., Pericles, iv. 1. 21. whir (hwer), n. [Also whirr ; whir , v.] 1. The buzzing or whirring sound made by a quickly revolving wheel, a partridge's wings, etc. As my lord's brougham drives up, the ladies, who know the whirr of the wheels, and may be quarreling in the drawing-room, call a truce to the fight. 21. A turn; commotion. Jour. Franklin Inst ., CXXX. 88.* intractable patients in retreats for the insane. After the victim had been strapped in, the chair was made to revolve very rapidly. - Whirling dervish. See dervish. Whirling plant. Same as telegraph - plant. whirl (hwerl), n. [ A whirle,.. a round Piece of Wood put on the spin dle of a spinning-wheel. Bailey, 1731. Medle you with your spyndle and your whirle . Udall, Roister Doister, i. 3. 2. A reel or hook used in rope-making for twisting strands of hemp or gut.-3. A rope-winch. circling motion or movement, as that of a re-4. In bot. and conch. See whorl. - 5. A rapid volving body; rapid rotation, gyration, or cir cum volution: literally and figuratively: as, the whirl of a top or of a wheel; the whirls of fancy. Thus I would prove the vici itudes and whirl of pleasures about and again. B. Jonson, Cynthia's Revels, iv. 1. Now with sprightly Wheel downward come they into fresher skies; Still downward with capacious whirl they glide. Keats, Sleep and Poetry. 6. Something that whirls, or moves with a rapid circling motion; the circling eddy of a whirl- pool, a whirlwind, or the like. What flaws, and whirls of weather, Or rather storms, have been aloft these three days! Fletcher, Pilgrim, iii. 6. Upon the whirl , where sank the ship, The boat spun round and round. Cole ridge, Ancient Mariner, vii. whirl-about (hwėrl'a-bout"), n . 1. Something that whirls with velocity; a whirligig.-21. A great fish of the whale kind; a whirl-whale. The monstrous Whirl - about , Which in the Sea another Sea doth spout, Where-with huge Ve els (if they happen nigh) Are over-whelm'd and sunken suddenly. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, i. 5. They flapt the door full in my face, and gave me such a whurr here. Vanbrugh, Journey to London, ii. 1. whirl (hwėrl), v. [Formerly also wherl, whurl; Your shoulders must not undergo the churlish whoorlbat's fall; Wrastling is past you, strife in darts, the foot's celerity; Harsh age in his years fetters you, and honour sets you free. Chapman , Iliad, xxiii. 538. The smoaking storms, the whirl - fire's crackling clash, And deafening Thunders. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Lawe. whirlgig (hwerl'gig), n. Same as whirligig , 4. whirlicotet (hwer'li-kōt), n. [Appar. for whirl cote (cf. whirligig for whirlgig ), whirl + cotel .] A wheel-carriage. Of old time, Coaches were not known in this Iland, but Chariots or Whirl i cotes , then so called, and they onely used for Princes or great Estates, such as had their footmen about them. Stow , Survey of London (ed. 1633), p. 70. whirligig (hwėr'li-gig), n . and a. [Early mod. E. whirly gig , whyrlygigge ; also whirlgig (in def. 4, with a var. whirlwig ); whyrlegyge ; holder the a peny that delill my whirtyging longer about than thou shalte do thyne. Palsgrave, p. 762. Hath the truth been hid in corners, that we must grope for it in a sectary's budget? Or are not such men rather sick of Donatism? That every novelist with a whirligig in his brain must broach new opinions! I tryll a whirly gig rounde aboute. Je pirouette....1 Rev. T. Adams, Works, I. 180. They [the gods] gave Things their Beginning, And set this Whirligig a Spinning. Prior , The Ladle. (b) A toy which children spin in the hand by means of string. (c) A carrousel or merry-go-round. (d) A toy resembling a miniature windmill, which children cause to spin or whirl round by moving it through the air. 2. Hence, anything that revolves or spins like a whirligig; also, spinning rotation; revolving or recurring course. The whirligig of time brings in his revenges. Shak ., T. N., v. 1. 385. 3. In mil it. antiq., an instrument for punishing petty offenders, as a kind of wooden cage turning on a pivot, in which the offender was whirled round with great velocity.-4. In enspecies of water beetles of the family Grinder it tat or, usually seen in large numbers on the surface of the water, circling rapidly about, and diving only to escape danger. When caught, many exude a milky liquid having an odor of apples. They abound in fresh-water ponds, pools, and ditches. The larvæ are aquatic, and breathe by means of ciliate branch iæ. The American whirligigs belong to the genera Gyrinus, Dineutus, and Gyretes. See cut under Gyrinida. Also whirlgig, whirlwig, and whirlwig - beetle. II. a. Whirling. Thrise to her bed sliding shee quayls, with whirly gig eye sight Up to the sky staring. Stan i hurst , Æneid, iv. And so continuing their whirlegigg -deuotions with con- tinuall turnings. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 307. whirling-table, whirling-machine (hwer'- ling-tā bl, -ma-shēn"), n. 1. A machine con- trived for the purpose of exhibiting the princi- pal effects of centripetal or centrifugal forces, when bodies revolve in the circumferences of circles or on an axis.-2. In pottery , a potters' lathe for holding a plaster mold in which is laid a thin ma of clay, to form a plate or other circular piece. The mold shapes the inside of the piece, and a templet approached to the revolving mold forms the outside. See potters ' wheel , under potter1 , 3. A horizontal arm mounted for rotation about a vertical axis, used in experiments in aërodynamics, in determining the constants of anemometers, or for other purposes for which high velocities are desired under conditions thus attainable. He rejected them, as Dares did the whirlbats of Eryx, whirl-pillar (hwėrl'pil är), n. when they were thrown before him by Entellus. Dryden, Pref. to Fables. IMG:content-2322.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-2323.png:[blocks in formation] The deepest whirl - pit of the rav'nous seas. B. Jonson, Every Man out of his Humour, ii. 2. This whirle - pit is said to have thrown up her wracks Sandys, Travailes, p. 192. neer Tauromenia. Italy, and the Maelstrom off the coast of Norway, are not whirlpools in the strict sense, but merely superficial commotions caused by winds meeting tidal currents, and in calm weather are free from danger. Instances of vortical motion, however, do occur, as in the whirlpool of Coryvreckan in the He brides, between Jura and Scarba, and in some eddies among the Orkneys. Greedy Whirl- pools , ever-wheeling round, Suck in, at once, Oars, Sails, and Ships to ground. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Battle of Ivry. 21. Some huge sea-monster of the whale kind; a whirl-whale; a whirl-about. The Indian Sea breedeth the most and the biggest fishes that are; among which the whales and whirlpools , called balænæ, take up in length as much as four acres or arpens Holland, tr. of Pliny, i. 235. (Trench.) of land.