tourbilliontourbillonn.

/tʊəˈbɪljən/ /tʊəbiˈjɒ̃/

Forms: Also Middle English turbilloun, 1700s turbillion.

Etymology: < French tourbillon whirlwind, in Old French torbeillon (12th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), torbillon, apparently, from the sense, an irregular derivative of Latin turbo, -inem ‘whirlwind’; though the form seems to connect it with vulgar Latin turbēla, turbella ‘bustle, stir’, derivative of turba crowd. See Hatzfeld & Darmesteter, Littré, and Scheler.

1. A whirlwind; a whirling storm. Also figurative. rare. ? Obsolete.

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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > strong or violent wind > whirlwind or tornado

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1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 75 A meruaillous turbilloun of winde roose in the see.

1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. xi. 13 A wind called..vulgarly Tourbillon or whirlewinde.

1751 E. Haywood Hist. Betsy Thoughtless III. xi. 138 With the more violence those tourbillions of the mind rage for a while, the sooner they subside.

1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 57 A scharp-ee'd man, whase sicht was clear, Beneath the stowry tourbillon Micht see [etc.].

2. transferred. A whirling mass or system; a vortex; a whirl; an eddy, a whirlpool. Also figurative.

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the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > whirlpool > [noun]

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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [noun] > swirling or eddying > a vortical motion > a vortex

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1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 472. ⁋4 Each of them [the fixed stars] is a Sun moving on its own Axis in the Centre of its own Vortex or Turbillion.

1753 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 26 Nov. (1932) (modernized text) V. 2062 I am very glad, that you are whirled in that tourbillon of pleasures.

1779 H. Walpole Let. 27 Oct. in Corr. (1965) XXXIII. 130 The tourbillon of Ranelagh surrounds you.

1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well I. iii. 69 All things were engaged in the tourbillon, of which she formed the pivot and centre.

1891 ‘M. Twain’ Lett. (1917) II. xxxi. 557 We were allowed to go through the wrong arch, which brought us into a tourbillon below which tried to make this old scow stand on its head.

1931 R. Graves To Whom Else? 19 Such portents are not to be wondered at Being tourbillions in Time made By the strong pulling of her bladed mind Through that ever-reluctant element.

1972 J. Wain in C. B. Cox & A. E. Dyson 20th-cent. Mind i. xi. 374 In the history of any art there are unexpected eddies and tourbillions.

3. A kind of firework which spins as it rises, describing a spiral.

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the world > matter > light > firework > [noun] > tourbillion

tourbillion1749

1749 W. Frederick tr. G. Ruggieri & G. Sarti Descr. Machine for Fireworks 15 Tourbillons..88.

1765 R. Jones New Treat. Artific. Fireworks iv. 121 When you fire tourbillons, lay them on a smooth table, with their sticks downwards.

1842 G. W. Francis Dict. Arts s.v. Fire will issue from four holes; that from the two lower holes will drive the tourbillion into the air, and that from the side holes will spin it round.

1873 E. Spon Workshop Receipts 1st Ser. 135/1 The tourbillon is a species of firework very ingeniously contrived to represent a spiral column of fire.

4. (See quot. 1884.)

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the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > part(s) of

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1884 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (new ed.) 266 Tourbillon, a carriage in which the escapement of a watch is fitted so that it revolves round the fourth wheel. The idea of the tourbillon..is to get rid of position errors.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	tourbillion
释义	tourbilliontourbillonn. /tʊəˈbɪljən/ /tʊəbiˈjɒ̃/ Forms: Also Middle English turbilloun, 1700s turbillion. Etymology: < French tourbillon whirlwind, in Old French torbeillon (12th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), torbillon, apparently, from the sense, an irregular derivative of Latin turbo, -inem ‘whirlwind’; though the form seems to connect it with vulgar Latin turbēla, turbella ‘bustle, stir’, derivative of turba crowd. See Hatzfeld & Darmesteter, Littré, and Scheler. 1. A whirlwind; a whirling storm. Also figurative. rare. ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > strong or violent wind > whirlwind or tornado thodec725 storbilonc1315 whirlwinda1340 whirl-puffa1382 whirly-wind14.. rodion?a1439 tourbillion1477 trobelliona1500 hurlwind1509 typhon1555 whirler1606 travado1625 tornado1626 wild winda1661 turbo1677 vortexa1700 tornade1727 twirlwind1770 whirl-blast1800 coup de vent1831 twirlblast1865 twister1897 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 75 A meruaillous turbilloun of winde roose in the see. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. xi. 13 A wind called..vulgarly Tourbillon or whirlewinde. 1751 E. Haywood Hist. Betsy Thoughtless III. xi. 138 With the more violence those tourbillions of the mind rage for a while, the sooner they subside. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 57 A scharp-ee'd man, whase sicht was clear, Beneath the stowry tourbillon Micht see [etc.]. 2. transferred. A whirling mass or system; a vortex; a whirl; an eddy, a whirlpool. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > whirlpool > [noun] swallowa700 weelc897 suckc1220 swallowinga1387 swelthc1400 swirlc1425 gorce1480 vorage1490 whirlpool1530 gourd1538 gulf1538 poolc1540 hurlpool1552 whirlpit1564 sea-gulf1571 maelstrom1588 vorago1654 well1654 gurges1664 gurge1667 swelchiea1688 vortex1704 tourbillion1712 whirly-pool1727 wheel-pit1828 sea-puss1839 turn-hole1851 suck-hole1909 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [noun] > swirling or eddying > a vortical motion > a vortex vortice1661 tourbillion1712 vortex1847 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 472. ⁋4 Each of them [the fixed stars] is a Sun moving on its own Axis in the Centre of its own Vortex or Turbillion. 1753 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 26 Nov. (1932) (modernized text) V. 2062 I am very glad, that you are whirled in that tourbillon of pleasures. 1779 H. Walpole Let. 27 Oct. in Corr. (1965) XXXIII. 130 The tourbillon of Ranelagh surrounds you. 1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well I. iii. 69 All things were engaged in the tourbillon, of which she formed the pivot and centre. 1891 ‘M. Twain’ Lett. (1917) II. xxxi. 557 We were allowed to go through the wrong arch, which brought us into a tourbillon below which tried to make this old scow stand on its head. 1931 R. Graves To Whom Else? 19 Such portents are not to be wondered at Being tourbillions in Time made By the strong pulling of her bladed mind Through that ever-reluctant element. 1972 J. Wain in C. B. Cox & A. E. Dyson 20th-cent. Mind i. xi. 374 In the history of any art there are unexpected eddies and tourbillions. 3. A kind of firework which spins as it rises, describing a spiral. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > firework > [noun] > tourbillion tourbillion1749 1749 W. Frederick tr. G. Ruggieri & G. Sarti Descr. Machine for Fireworks 15 Tourbillons..88. 1765 R. Jones New Treat. Artific. Fireworks iv. 121 When you fire tourbillons, lay them on a smooth table, with their sticks downwards. 1842 G. W. Francis Dict. Arts s.v. Fire will issue from four holes; that from the two lower holes will drive the tourbillion into the air, and that from the side holes will spin it round. 1873 E. Spon Workshop Receipts 1st Ser. 135/1 The tourbillon is a species of firework very ingeniously contrived to represent a spiral column of fire. 4. (See quot. 1884.) ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > part(s) of nut1428 peise1428 plumbc1450 Jack1498 clockwork1516 larum1542 Jack of the clockhouse1563 watch-wheel1568 work1570 plummeta1578 Jack of the clock1581 snail-cam1591 snail-work1591 pointer1596 quarter jack1604 mainspring1605 winder1606 notch-wheel1611 fusee1622 count-wheel1647 jack-wheel1647 frame1658 arbor1659 balance1660 fuse1674 hour-figure1675 stop1675 pallet1676 regulator1676 cock1678 movement1678 detent1688 savage1690 clock1696 pinwheel1696 starred wheel1696 swing-wheel1696 warning-wheel1696 watch1696 watch-part1696 hoop-wheel1704 hour-wheel1704 snail1714 step-wheel1714 tide-work1739 train1751 crutch1753 cannon pinion1764 rising board1769 remontoire1774 escapement1779 clock jack1784 locking plate1786 scapement1789 motion work1795 anchor escapement1798 scape1798 star-wheel1798 recoil escapement1800 recoiling pallet1801 recoiling scapement1801 cannon1802 hammer-tail1805 recoiling escapement1805 bottle jack1810 renovating spring1812 quarter-boy1815 pin tooth1817 solar wheel1819 impulse-teeth1825 pendulum wheel1825 pallet arbor1826 rewinder1826 rack hook1829 snail-wheel1831 quarter bell1832 tow1834 star pulley1836 watch train1838 clock train1843 raising-piece1843 wheelwork1843 gravity escapement1850 jumper1850 vertical escapement1850 time train1853 pin pallet1860 spade1862 dead well1867 stop-work1869 ringer1873 strike-or-silent1875 warning-piece1875 guard-pin1879 pendulum cock1881 warning-lever1881 beat-pin1883 fusee-piece1884 fusee-snail1884 shutter1884 tourbillion1884 tumbler1884 virgule1884 foliot1899 grasshopper1899 grasshopper escapement1899 trunk1899 pin lever1908 clock spring1933 1884 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (new ed.) 266 Tourbillon, a carriage in which the escapement of a watch is fitted so that it revolves round the fourth wheel. The idea of the tourbillon..is to get rid of position errors. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1477
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