Definition of Whirlpaol
Whirl"pool` (?), n.
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.
2. A sea monster of the whale kind. [Obs.]
Spenser.
The Indian Sea breedeth the most and the biggest fishes that
are; among which the whales and whirlpools, called
"balænæ," take up in length as much as four . . . arpents of
land. Holland.
Whirl"pool` (?), n.
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.
2. A sea monster of the whale kind. [Obs.]
Spenser.
The Indian Sea breedeth the most and the biggest fishes that
are; among which the whales and whirlpools, called
"balænæ," take up in length as much as four . . . arpents of
land. Holland.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- a rapidly rotating body of water; a vortex
- turmoil, or agitated excitement
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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