† ˈhurlpool Obs.
[Cf. hurlwind.]
1. An obs. variant of whirlpool.
| 1551 T. Wilson Logike (1564) 48 b, Against Cardinall Poule, and beyng vehement..saied thus in the middest of his heate, o Poule, o hurle Poule, as though his name declared his euil nature. |
2. A whale or sea-monster: = whirlpool 2.
| 1556 Withals Dict. (1568) 8 b/2 A hurlpoole, pistrix. 1570 Levins Manip. 160/42 A Thirlepoole, balena. A Hurlepoole, idem. 1598 Florio, Capidio, Capidolio, a kinde of great whalefish, or hurlepoole. |