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- DictionaryWhorl/(h)wôrl/
noun
- 1. a pattern of spirals or concentric circles: "Shelley drew larger and larger dark whorls on her notepad"
- 2. a small wheel or pulley in a spinning wheel, spinning machine, or spindle. historical
verb
- 1. spiral or move in a twisted and convoluted fashion: literary "the dances are kinetic kaleidoscopes where steps whorl into wildness"