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Webster 1913 Edition

Twirl

Twirl

(twẽrl)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Twirled
(twẽrld)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Twirling
.]
[Cf. AS.
þwiril
a churn staff, a stirrer, flail,
þweran
,
āþweran
, to agitate, twirl, G.
zwirlen
,
quirlen
,
querlen
to twirl, to turn round or about,
quirl
a twirling stick, OHG.
dweran
to twirl, stir. Cf.
Trowel
.]
To move or turn round rapidly; to whirl round; to move and turn rapidly with the fingers.
See ruddy maids,
Some taught with dexterous hand to
twirl
the wheel.
Dodsley.
No more beneath soft eve’s consenting star
Fandango
twirls
his jocund castanet.
Byron.

Twirl

,
Verb.
I.
To revolve with velocity; to be whirled round rapidly.

Twirl

,
Noun.
1.
The act of twirling; a rapid circular motion; a whirl or whirling; quick rotation.
2.
A twist; a convolution.
Woodward.

Webster 1828 Edition

Twirl

TWIRL

,
Verb.
T.
twurl. To move or turn round with rapidity; to whirl round.
See ruddy maids,
Some taught with dextrous hand to twirl the wheel--

TWIRL

,
Verb.
I.
To revolve with velocity; to be whirled round.

TWIRL

,
Noun.
A rapid circular motion; quick rotation.
1.
Twist; convolution.

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