Upwhirl :: Upwhirl (v. t. & i.) To rise upward in a whirl; to raise upward with a whirling motion.

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

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

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

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

Whirl :: Whirl (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..

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

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

Whirl-blast :: Whirl-blast (n.) A whirling blast or wind.

Whirlabout :: Whirlabout (n.) Something that whirls or turns about in a rapid manner; a whirligig.

Whirlbat :: 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 :: Whirlbone (n.) The huckle bone.

Whirlbone :: Whirlbone (n.) The patella, or kneepan..

Whirled :: Whirled (imp. & p. p.) of Whir.

Whirler :: Whirler (n.) One who, or that which, whirls..

Whirlicote :: Whirlicote (n.) An open car or chariot.

Whirligig :: Whirligig (n.) A child's toy, spun or whirled around like a wheel upon an axis, or like a top..

Whirligig :: Whirligig (n.) Anything which whirls around, or in which persons or things are whirled about, as a frame with seats or wooden horses..

Whirligig :: 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 :: 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 :: Whirling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whir.

Whirling :: Whirling () a. & n. from Whirl, v. t..

Whirlpit :: Whirlpit (n.) A whirlpool.

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 :: Whirlpool (n.) A sea monster of the whale kind.

Whirlwig :: Whirlwig (n.) A whirligig.

Whirlwind :: Whirlwind (n.) A violent windstorm of limited extent, as the tornado, characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air with an upward current in the center; a vortex of air. It usually has a rapid progressive motion..

Whirlwind :: Whirlwind (n.) Fig.: A body of objects sweeping violently onward.

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