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  2  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [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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