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wirble, v.|ˈwɜːb(ə)l| Also wirbel. [ad. G. wirbeln.] intr. To turn round and round; to whirl; to eddy. So ˈwirble n., whirl.
1848Lytton Harold iv. ii, I was girt round with dead men's bones; and the bones moved round me, undulating, as the dry leaves that wirble round in the winds of the winter. Ibid. ix. vii, The gibe and the wirble of the dead men's bones. 1849― K. Arthur xii. cxv, And here and there, and wirbelling to and fro,..pale thousands spread the plain. 1860Ld. Lytton Lucile i. iv. §6. 9 The waters went wirbling above and around. 1932J. Joyce Let. 1 Aug. (1966) III. 251 But what about me in my present wirbel of worries. |