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awhirl

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a·whirl  (-hwûrl, -wûrl)
adj.
1. Having a whirling motion; spinning: leaves awhirl in the wind.
2. Being in a condition suggestive of a whirl, such as a state of excited activity or confusion: "All we could do was just stand there, our minds awhirl with the fluky wonder of it all" (David Mazel).
a·whirl adv.
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Like a water-wheel awhirl, Like the rolling of a pearl; Yet these but illustrate, To fools, the final state.
A Lute of Jade by Cranmer-Byng, L. View in context
 
 
 
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