a-whiradv.
/əˈhwəː/ In a whir, whirring.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > vibratory sound > [adverb] > whirr
whirr1600
a-whir1865
1865 J. G. Holland Plain Talks v. 183 All the spindles awhirr.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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adv.1865- to bring to the bullring
- to bring to the earth
- to bring to the gangway
- to bring to the ground
- to bring to the halberds
- to bring to the hammer
- to bring to the ladder
- to bring to the market
- to bring to the neck-verse
- to bring to the neckverse
- to bring to the party
- to bring to the pot
- to bring to the proof
- to bring to the scratch
- to bring to the stretch
- to bring to the table
- to bring to trial
- to bring to wrack
- to bring to wrack and ruin
- to bring to, keep on the stage
- to bring to, on, or upon bier
- to bring to, on, or upon one's bier
- to bring under
- to bring under coram
- to bring unto, to fall into, to go, put, or work to wrake