Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Flurries"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Flurry \Flur"ry\, n.; pl. {Flurries}. [Prov. E. flur to ruffle.]
1. A sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary
breeze; as, a flurry of wind.
2. A light shower or snowfall accompanied with wind.
Like a flurry of snow on the whistling wind.
--Longfellow.
3. Violent agitation; commotion; bustle; hurry.
The racket and flurry of London. --Blakw. Mag.
4. The violent spasms of a dying whale.
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