单词 | whirlery |
释义 | † whirleryn. Obsolete. rare. Whirling, circling flight (or ? roaring noise: cf. whurl v.). In first quot. as part of a jingling refrain. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > flight > [noun] > specific type of tower1486 high flying1556 whirleryc1560 soaring1575 plane1622 soar1817 song flight1839 overflight1883 pursuit flight1930 pass1987 c1560 Doctour Doubble Ale 436 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. III. 321 Fare well and a dewe; With a whirlary whewe, And a tirlary typpe. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 51 With gagling whirlerye flapping Theyr wings. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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