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hurlwind
† hurlwind Obs. [From a confusion of hurl v. and whirl v.] = whirlwind.1509 Barclay Shyp of Folys 51 b, As coy and styll As the horle wynde [1570 whirle winde] or clapper of a mylle. 1573 G. Harvey Letter-bk. (Camden) 102 In a hurlewind of conceit. 1609 Bible (Douay) 2 Kings ii. 1 When our Lord woul... Oxford English Dictionary
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hurlpool
† 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 ... Oxford English Dictionary
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whirle
▪ I. whirl, n. (hwɜːl) Forms: 5 qwherel, qwerle, wherwille, Sc. quhirl(l, 6 whiruel(l, wherle, whyrle, whirroll, 6–7 whurle, 6–8 whirle, 7 wervell, whurl, 6– whirl. [Partly a. MLG., MDu. wervel or ON. hvirfill (see whirl v.), partly f. the verb itself. Cf. whorl.] I. Denoting a material object. 1. a... Oxford English Dictionary
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hurl
▪ I. hurl, v. (hɜːl) Also 4–5 hourle, 4–6 horle, (9 dial. horl, hull). [Akin in form and (in branch 1) in sense, to LG. hurreln to toss, sling, throw, precipitate, thrust, push, dash: cf. also mod.Du. horrel a push, a jog. The connexion of the other senses is doubtful; but sense 10 agrees with mod.E... Oxford English Dictionary
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wh
wh a consonantal digraph, normally represents initial hw in words of OE. origin, as in hwæt what, hwisprian to whisper. In words of other origin, its occurrence may be due to analogy resting on the supposed phonetic appropriateness of the ‘aspirate’ sound, as in whip, whisk; it sometimes varies with... Oxford English Dictionary
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