Vocabulary : Whirled to Whirred

Whirled : of Whirl
Whirler : One who, or that which, whirls.
Whirlicote : An open car or chariot.
Whirligig : A child's toy, spun or whirled around like a wheel upon an axis, or like a top. ;; Anything which whirls around, or in which persons or things are whirled about, as a frame with seats or wooden horses. ;; 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. ;; 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 : of Whirl ;; a. & n. from Whirl, v. t.

Whirlpit : A whirlpool.
Whirlpool : 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. ;; A sea monster of the whale kind.
Whirlwig : A whirligig.
Whirlwind : 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. ;; Fig.: A body of objects sweeping violently onward.
Whirred : of Whir

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