English Dictionary: whirlybird | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wehrwolf \Wehr"wolf`\, n. See {Werewolf}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Werewolf \Were"wolf`\, n.; pl. {Werewolves}. [AS. werwulf; wer a man + wulf a wolf; cf. G. w[84]rwolf, w[84]hrwolf, wehrwolf, a werewolf, MHG. werwolf. [root]285. See {Were} a man, and {Wolf}, and cf. {Virile}, {World}.] A person transformed into a wolf in form and appetite, either temporarily or permanently, whether by supernatural influences, by witchcraft, or voluntarily; a lycanthrope. Belief in werewolves, formerly general, is not now extinct. The werwolf went about his prey. --William of Palerne. The brutes that wear our form and face, The werewolves of the human race. --Longfellow. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Werewolf \Were"wolf`\, n.; pl. {Werewolves}. [AS. werwulf; wer a man + wulf a wolf; cf. G. w[84]rwolf, w[84]hrwolf, wehrwolf, a werewolf, MHG. werwolf. [root]285. See {Were} a man, and {Wolf}, and cf. {Virile}, {World}.] A person transformed into a wolf in form and appetite, either temporarily or permanently, whether by supernatural influences, by witchcraft, or voluntarily; a lycanthrope. Belief in werewolves, formerly general, is not now extinct. The werwolf went about his prey. --William of Palerne. The brutes that wear our form and face, The werewolves of the human race. --Longfellow. | |
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Whirlabout \Whirl"a*bout`\, n. Something that whirls or turns about in a rapid manner; a whirligig. | |
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Whirlbat \Whirl"bat`\, n. Anything moved with a whirl, as preparatory for a blow, or to augment the force of it; -- applied by poets to the cestus of ancient boxers. The whirlbat and the rapid race shall be Reserved for C[91]sar. --Dryden. | |
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Whirl-blast \Whirl"-blast`\, n. A whirling blast or wind. A whirl-blast from behind the hill. --Wordsworth. | |
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Whirlbone \Whirl"bone`\, n. (Anat.) (a) The huckle bone. [Obs.] (b) The patella, or kneepan. [Obs.] --Ainsworth. | |
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Whirlpit \Whirl"pit`\, n. A whirlpool. [Obs.] [bd]Raging whirlpits.[b8] --Sandys. | |
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Whirlpool \Whirl"pool`\, n. 1. An eddy or vortex of water; a place in a body of water where the water moves round in a circle so as to produce a depression or cavity in the center, into which floating objects may be drawn; any body of water having a more or less circular motion caused by its flowing in an irregular channel, by the coming together of opposing currents, or the like. 2. A sea monster of the whale kind. [Obs.] --Spenser. The Indian Sea breedeth the most and the biggest fishes that are; among which the whales and whirlpools, called [bd]bal[91]n[91],[b8] take up in length as much as four . . . arpents of land. --Holland. |