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whirlpool
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Whirlpool
(gcide) | Whirlpool \Whirl"pool`\, n.
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1. An eddy or vortex of water; a place in a body of water
where the water moves round in a circle so as to produce a
depression or cavity in the center, into which floating
objects may be drawn; any body of water having a more or
less circular motion caused by its flowing in an irregular
channel, by the coming together of opposing currents, or
the like.
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2. A sea monster of the whale kind. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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The Indian Sea breedeth the most and the biggest
fishes that are; among which the whales and
whirlpools, called "balaenae," take up in length as
much as four . . . arpents of land. --Holland.
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whirlpool
(wn) | whirlpool
n 1: a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of
conflicting tides) [syn: whirlpool, vortex,
maelstrom]
v 1: flow in a circular current, of liquids [syn: eddy,
purl, whirlpool, swirl, whirl] |
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