单词 | whirler |
释义 | whirlern. I. A person who whirls. 1. One who turns or spins rapidly round; †one who wanders about (obsolete); a ‘whirling’ dervish. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > wanderer striker1393 roamerc1400 wandererc1440 whirlerc1440 gangrela1450 fluttererc1450 straggler1530 gadlinga1542 ranger1560 rover1568 fugitive1570 rangler1575 fleeter1581 extravagant1583 scatterling1590 vagranta1592 rambler1624 erratic1669 stravaiger1821 multivagant1895 society > faith > church government > monasticism > friar > [noun] > Muslim dervish1585 fakir1609 whirler1815 Rifai1832 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [noun] > whirling > one who whirligig1711 whirler1832 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 524/2 Whyrlare a-bowte, or goare a-bowte in ydylnesse..; girovagus. 1815 Tweddell's Rem. 229 plate Dervish of the Order of Whirlers. 1832 Ld. Jeffrey Let. to Mrs. Rutherfurd 1 Apr. The only chance is for one pair to cling close, like waltzers, and whirl lovingly among the whirlers. a1843 R. Southey Common-place Bk. (1850) 3rd Ser. 391/1 Sect of dancers and whirlers. 1873 C. G. Leland Egyptian Sketch-bk. 101 He promenaded around the performers, and taking his place in the ring began to spin—for there were during the entire performance one or two whirlers at work. 2. One who whirls something; †one who hurls or flings something, a hurler (obsolete); one who turns a wheel or other revolving piece of mechanism. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > [noun] > one who or that which > violently hurler1532 whirler1563 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific tools or equipment > [noun] > with wheels ventilatora1800 wheel-boy1825 whirler1825 wheelman1865 fat boy1940 1563 P. Whitehorne tr. Onasander Of Generall Captaine & his Office f. 74 The whorlers of darts. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 466 For wash~bowls, dishes, or plates, the workman, called the whirler, uses a vertical spindle. 1889 Lipscomb in Land Agent's Record 6 Apr. 316 When flails were whirling for six months..in the tithe barns, while the whirlers and their families ate barley bread. II. A thing that whirls. 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 1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 52 What boystrous Lungs the roaring Whirlers blow'n: What burning Wings the Lightning rides vpon. 4. A revolving piece of mechanism. spec. (a) a potter's whirling-table; (b) an apparatus invented by Troughton to serve as an artificial horizon at sea, consisting of a rapidly rotating top with a mirror attached: also called Troughton's top; (c) a device by which the strands are twisted together in spinning; in Rope-making, each of the rotating hooks by which the hemp or other fibre is twisted into yarn. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > navigational aids > [noun] > device to serve as artificial horizon whirler1860 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > spinning > machine > types of > parts of mendoza1803 faller1807 headstock1825 rim wheel1827 traveller1830 ring spindle1837 carrying comb1844 whirler1860 coiler1873 breaking-frame1875 nosing motion1883 tube1884 weigh-box1884 check-band1892 presser eye1892 thread-board1892 1860 W. White All round Wrekin xxxi. 377 A revolving pedestal or ‘whirler’, on which the article to be ornamented is placed. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Whirler, or Troughton's Top. 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. 1884 Girl's Own Paper Nov. 4/3 The females busy with a bunch of camel's hair and a ‘whirler’, making..the coarse..thread with which much of their rough sewing is done. 1898 C. F. Binns Story of Potter iv. i. 198 The wheel..at which he [sc. the potter] stands is called, when revolved by some other power than himself, a ‘jigger’; that which he turns with his own hand..is a ‘whirler’. 1918 Pall Mall Gaz. 29 June 8/5 Lithographic plate whirler. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1440 |
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