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   Warhol
         n 1: United States artist who was a leader of the Pop Art
               movement (1930-1987) [syn: {Warhol}, {Andy Warhol}]

English Dictionary: whirl by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
warily
adv
  1. in a wary manner; "the sailor watched the sky warily"
    Antonym(s): unwarily
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wearily
adv
  1. in a weary manner; "he walked around tiredly" [syn: tiredly, wearily]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Weary Willie
n
  1. United States circus clown (1898-1979) [syn: Kelly, Emmett Kelly, Weary Willie]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
whirl
n
  1. confused movement; "he was caught up in a whirl of work"; "a commotion of people fought for the exits"
    Synonym(s): whirl, commotion
  2. the shape of something rotating rapidly
    Synonym(s): whirl, swirl, vortex, convolution
  3. a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl"
    Synonym(s): crack, fling, go, pass, whirl, offer
  4. the act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it broke off after much twisting"
    Synonym(s): spin, twirl, twist, twisting, whirl
v
  1. turn in a twisting or spinning motion; "The leaves swirled in the autumn wind"
    Synonym(s): twirl, swirl, twiddle, whirl
  2. cause to spin; "spin a coin"
    Synonym(s): whirl, birl, spin, twirl
  3. flow in a circular current, of liquids
    Synonym(s): eddy, purl, whirlpool, swirl, whirl
  4. revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"
    Synonym(s): spin, spin around, whirl, reel, gyrate
  5. fly around; "The clothes tumbled in the dryer"; "rising smoke whirled in the air"
    Synonym(s): whirl, tumble, whirl around
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Whirlaway
n
  1. thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1941
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
whorl
n
  1. a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
    Synonym(s): coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll
  2. a strand or cluster of hair
    Synonym(s): lock, curl, ringlet, whorl
  3. a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope"
    Synonym(s): coil, spiral, volute, whorl, helix
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wire wool
n
  1. a mass of woven steel fibers used as an abrasive [syn: steel wool, wire wool]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wrawl
v
  1. cry loudly, as of animals; "The coyotes were howling in the desert"
    Synonym(s): howl, wrawl, yammer, yowl
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wryly
adv
  1. in a wry manner; "`I see,' he commented wryly"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Warely \Ware"ly\, adv.
      Cautiously; warily. [Obs.]
  
               They bound him hand and foot with iron chains, And with
               continual watch did warely keep.            --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Warily \Wa"ri*ly\, adv.
      In a wary manner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Warly \War"ly\, a.
      Warlike. --Burns.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wearily \Wea"ri*ly\, adv.
      In a weary manner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Weroole \We*roo"le\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      An Australian lorikeet ({Ptilosclera versicolor}) noted for
      the variety of its colors; -- called also {varied lorikeet}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wharl \Wharl\, Wharling \Wharl"ing\, n.
      A guttural pronunciation of the letter r; a burr. See {Burr},
      n., 6.
  
               A strange, uncouth wharling in their speech. --Fuller.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Whirl \Whirl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Whirled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Whirling}.] [OE. whirlen, probably from the Scand.; cf.
      Icel. & Sw. hvirfla, Dan. hvirvle; akin to D. wervelen, G.
      wirbeln, freq. of the verb seen in Icel. hverfa to turn.
      [root]16. See {Wharf}, and cf. {Warble}, {Whorl}.]
      1. To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity;
            to make to revolve.
  
                     He whirls his sword around without delay. --Dryden.
  
      2. To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving
            motion; to snatch; to harry. --Chaucer.
  
                     See, see the chariot, and those rushing wheels, That
                     whirled the prophet up at Chebar flood. --Milton.
  
                     The passionate heart of the poet is whirl'd into
                     folly.                                                --Tennyson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Whirl \Whirl\, v. i.
      1. To be turned round rapidly; to move round with velocity;
            to revolve or rotate with great speed; to gyrate. [bd]The
            whirling year vainly my dizzy eyes pursue.[b8] --J. H.
            Newman.
  
                     The wooden engine flies and whirls about. --Dryden.
  
      2. To move hastily or swiftly.
  
                     But whirled away to shun his hateful sight.
                                                                              --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Whirl \Whirl\, n. [Cf. Dan. hvirvel, Sw. hvirfvel, Icel.
      hvirfill the crown of the head, G. wirbel whirl, crown of the
      head, D. wervel. See {Whirl}, v. t.]
      1. A turning with rapidity or velocity; rapid rotation or
            circumvolution; quick gyration; rapid or confusing motion;
            as, the whirl of a top; the whirl of a wheel. [bd]In no
            breathless whirl.[b8] --J. H. Newman.
  
                     The rapid . . . whirl of things here below interrupt
                     not the inviolable rest and calmness of the noble
                     beings above.                                    --South.
  
      2. Anything that moves with a whirling motion.
  
                     He saw Falmouth under gray, iron skies, and whirls
                     of March dust.                                    --Carlyle.
  
      3. A revolving hook used in twisting, as the hooked spindle
            of a rope machine, to which the threads to be twisted are
            attached.
  
      4. (Bot. & Zo[94]l.) A whorl. See {Whorl}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Whorl \Whorl\, n. [OE. whorvil the whirl of a spindle; akin to
      AS. hweorfa the whirl of a spindle, hweorfan to turn; cf. OD.
      worvel the whirl of a spindle. See {Whirl}, n. & v.]
      1. (Bot.) A circle of two or more leaves, flowers, or other
            organs, about the same part or joint of a stem.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve
            shell.
  
      3. (Spinning) The fly of a spindle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wire-heel \Wire"-heel`\, n. (Far.)
      A disease in the feet of a horse or other beast.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Woorali \Woo"ra*li\, n.
      Same as {Curare}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Curare \Cu*ra"re\ Curari \Cu*ra"ri\(k?-r?"r?), n. [Native name.
      Cf. {Wourall}.]
      A black resinoid extract prepared by the South American
      Indians from the bark of several species of {Strychnos} ({S.
      toxifera}, etc.). It sometimes has little effect when taken
      internally, but is quickly fatal when introduced into the
      blood, and used by the Indians as an arrow poison. [Written
      also {urari}, {woorali}, {woorari}, etc.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Woorali \Woo"ra*li\, n.
      Same as {Curare}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Curare \Cu*ra"re\ Curari \Cu*ra"ri\(k?-r?"r?), n. [Native name.
      Cf. {Wourall}.]
      A black resinoid extract prepared by the South American
      Indians from the bark of several species of {Strychnos} ({S.
      toxifera}, etc.). It sometimes has little effect when taken
      internally, but is quickly fatal when introduced into the
      blood, and used by the Indians as an arrow poison. [Written
      also {urari}, {woorali}, {woorari}, etc.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Worral \Wor"ral\, Worrel \Wor"rel\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      An Egyptian fork-tongued lizard, about four feet long when
      full grown.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Worral \Wor"ral\, Worrel \Wor"rel\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      An Egyptian fork-tongued lizard, about four feet long when
      full grown.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wourali \Wou"ra*li\, n.
      Same as Curare.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wrawl \Wrawl\, v. i. [Cf. Dan. vraale, Sw. vr[86]la to brawl, to
      roar, Dan. vraal a bawling, roaring, vr[91]le to cry, weep,
      whine.]
      To cry, as a cat; to waul. [Obs.] --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wurraluh \Wur"ra*luh\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      The Australian white-quilled honey eater ({Entomyza
      albipennis}).

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Worley, ID (city, FIPS 88480)
      Location: 47.40134 N, 116.91840 W
      Population (1990): 182 (96 housing units)
      Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 83876
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