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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. The act of twirling; a rapid circular motion; a whirl or whirling; quick rotation.

2. A twist; a convolution. Woodward.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To move or turn round rapidly; to whirl round; to move and turn rapidly with the fingers. See ruddy maids, Some taught with dexterous hand to twirl the wheel. Dodsley. No more beneath soft eve's consenting star Fandango twirls his jocund castanet. Byron.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To revolve with velocity; to be whirled round rapidly.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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