Hypertext Webster Gateway: "swirling"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Swirl \Swirl\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Swirled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Swirling}.] [Akin to Norw. svirla to whirl, freq. of
sverra to whirl, Dan. svirre, G. schwirren to whiz, to buzz.
[root]177. See {Swarm}, n.]
To whirl, or cause to whirl, as in an eddy. ``The river
swirled along.'' --C. Kingsley.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
swirling
adj : moving or driven rapidly in a rotary or twisting motion; "a
tornado's whirling winds"; "swirling currents" [syn: {whirling}]
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