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▪ I. whirring, vbl. n.|ˈhwɜːrɪŋ|
[f. whirr v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb whirr; a continuous vibratory sound, or movement with such a sound.
1581A. Hall Iliad ii. 30 This speech..doth greatly ioy the Greekes, They such a noyse and whirring made. 1598Sylvester Du Bartas ii. i. Furies 115 The first-mov'd heav'n (in't self it self stil stirring) Rapts with his course (quicker then windes swift whirring) All th' other Sphears. 1811Shelley St. Irvyne ix. Pr. Wks. 1888 I. 190 Save by the whirrings of the bats, the stillness..was uninterrupted. 1840Thackeray George Cruikshank (1869) 305 What a pious whirring of bible leaves one hears all over the church. 1863Bates Nat. Amazons I. i. 9 The whirring of cicadas. 1918H. Bindloss Agatha's Fortune ii, An electric fan made an unpleasant whirring.
▪ II. ˈwhirring, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That whirrs; moving with or making a vibratory sound; also said of the sound.
c1480Henryson Trial of Fox 116 The quhuirand [v.r. quhrynand] quhitret with the quhasill went. c1611Chapman Iliad xvii. 399 The whirring chariot. 1611Cotgr., Roncé, hurled; or making a whurring noise, as a stone, &c., cast with violence. 1704Pope Windsor Forest 111 From the brake the whirring pheasant springs. 1783Burns ‘Now westlin winds’ i, The moorcock springs, on whirring wings, Amang the blooming heather. 1830Tennyson Owl i, The whirring sail goes round. 1841James Corse de Leon iii, The whirring scream of the night hawk. |