hwurl. TO turn round rapidly; to turn with velocity. He whirls his sword around without delay.

To be turned round rapidly; to move round with velocity; as the whirling spindles of a cotton machine or wheels of a coach. The wooden engine flies and whirls about.

To move hastily. --But whirld away, to shun his hateful sight.

A turning with rapidity or velocity; rapid rotation or circumvolution; quick gyration; as the whirl of a top; the whirl of a wheel; the whirl of time; the whirls of fancy.

Any thing that moves or is turned with velocity, particularly on an axis or pivot.

A hook used in twisting.

In botany, a species of inflorescence, consisting of many subsessile flowers surrounding the stem in a ring. It is also written whorl and wherl.