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whirlery
† ˈwhirlery Obs. rare. Also 6 -ary. [f. whirl v. + -ery.] Whirling, circling flight (or ? roaring noise: cf. whurl v.). In first quot. as part of a jingling refrain.c 1560 Doctour Doubble Ale 436 in Hazl. E.P.P. III. 321 Fare well and a dewe; With a whirlary whewe, And a tirlary typpe. 1582 Stanyhur...
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whurry
▪ I. † whurl, v. Obs. Also 5–6 whorle, 6 whyrle, 7 wherl. [Imitative.] intr. To make a roaring or rumbling noise; to purr, as a cat; to snarl or growl, as a dog. (Cf. wharl v., whirr v. 3, 3 b.) Hence † whurling vbl. n. and ppl. a.; also † whurl n. = wharl n.1495 Trevisa's Barth. De P.R. xi. ii. (W....
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braugham
braugham dial. var. bargham, a horse-collar.1807 J. Stagg Poems 14 Kit gat a braugham in his han', Wi' veng'ance whurl'd it at him, The collar leeghted roun' his neck, An' to the fluir it pat him.
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overwhirl
† overˈwhirl, v. Obs. [over- 6.] trans. To whirl or hurl over.1577–87 Holinshed Chron. II. 26/2 Their ship was dasht..against the rocks, and all the passengers over⁓whirled in the sea. 1591 Sylvester Du Bartas i. iii. 1094 His wandering Vessell, reeling to and fro, On th' irefull Ocean..With sudden ...
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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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curlie-wurlie
curlie-wurlie, curly-wurly (ˈkɜːlɪˈwɜːlɪ) [A reduplicated extension of curly; perhaps with some reference in the second part to whirl, in Sc. whurl.] A fantastically curled ornament.a 1772 Wilkie in Lockhart Scott l, I thought the beauty of architecture consisted in curlie wurlies, but now I find it...
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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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whorle
▪ I. whorl, n. (hwɔːl, hwɜːl) Forms: α. 5 wharwyl, 5–9 wharle, 8–9 wharl. β. 5 whorwhil, (whorlwyl), qworle, 5–9 whorle, 6 whorlle, whorelle, Sc. quhorle, 8– whorl. [late ME. wharwyl, whorwhil, app. variants of whirl (early forms disyllabic, e.g. wherwille, qwherel) influenced by wharve n.; but with...
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