whirl-aboutn.
/ˈwəːləbaʊt/, U.S. /ˈ(h)wərləˌbaʊt/ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous types of
huddon?c1370
whirlpoolc1450
thirlepollc1460
physeter1581
whirl-about1605
whirl-whale1606
thurlhead1610
black whale1615
blackfish1688
bonefish1752
pollack1774
Algerine1849
sea-boar1859
oil-butt1937
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. v. 148 The monstrous Whirle-about [Fr. l'énorme Senedete] Which in the Sea another Sea doth spout.
2. The action of whirling about; something that whirls about, or is in a whirl; attributive or adj. characterized by whirling about.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement in circle or curve > [adjective] > moving in circle
circularc1450
round1565
circumfluent1583
circling1599
circumferential1610
circumferent1620
circulating1632
compassing1638
circuline1647
circumambient1648
ambient1655
surrounding1657
gyrous1688
rounding1708
whirl-about1786
circumgyratory1835
gyrant1844
circuiting1886
roundwisea1930
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [noun] > whirling
whirling1423
vertigo1851
whirl-about1857
burling1874
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [noun] > whirling > that which
whirla1547
whirligig1704
whirl-about1863
1786 C. Morris Songs (1788) 8 While thro' this whirl~about journey [sc. life] we reel.
1857 F. Palgrave Hist. Normandy & Eng. II. 30 There is such a whirlabout amongst the parties in these transactions, always changing sides.
1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies vii. 253 His little whirl-about of a head.
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