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whirl-worm
whirl-worm (ˈhwɜːlwɜːm) Also 7 whurl(e-. [f. whirl- + worm n.] † 1. An insect larva destructive to plants. Obs. In quot. 1643 tr. L. convolvulus a caterpillar that rolls itself up in a leaf; in quot. 1658 tr. mod.L. verticillus, Gr. σϕονδύλη.1643 Horn & Rob. Gate Lang. Unl. (1650) xix. §217 Earth⁓wo...
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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...
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