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单词 whirler
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whirlern.

Brit. /ˈwəːlə/, U.S. /ˈ(h)wərlər/
Etymology: < whirl v. + -er suffix1.
I. A person who whirls.
1. One who turns or spins rapidly round; †one who wanders about (obsolete); a ‘whirling’ dervish.
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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.
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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.
3. ? A whirlwind. Obsolete. rare.
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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.
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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.
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