whirling
         n 1: the act of rotating in a circle or spiral [syn: {gyration},
               {whirling}]

English Dictionary: whirling	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
whirling dervish n a dervish whose actions include ecstatic dancing and whirling Synonym(s): whirling dervish, whirler
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
whirlwind n a more or less vertical column of air whirling around itself as it moves over the surface of the Earth
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Warling \War"ling\, n.       One often quarreled with; -- [?] word coined, perhaps, to       rhyme with darling. [Obs.]                   Better be an old man's darling than a young man's                warling.                                                --Camde[?].
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]:
Whirling \Whirl"ing\,       a. & n. from {Whirl}, v. t.          {Whirling table}.       (a) (Physics) An apparatus provided with one or more             revolving disks, with weights, pulleys, and other             attachments, for illustrating the phenomena and laws of             centrifugal force, and the like.       (b) A potter's wheel.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whirling \Whirl"ing\,       a. & n. from {Whirl}, v. t.          {Whirling table}.       (a) (Physics) An apparatus provided with one or more             revolving disks, with weights, pulleys, and other             attachments, for illustrating the phenomena and laws of             centrifugal force, and the like.       (b) A potter's wheel.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whirlwind \Whirl"wind`\, n. [Cf. Icel. hvirfilvindr, Sw.       hvirfvelvind, Dan. hvirvelvind, G. wirbelwind. See {Whirl},       and {Wind}, n.]       1. A violent windstorm of limited extent, as the tornado,             characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air with             an upward current in the center; a vortex of air. It             usually has a rapid progressive motion.                         The swift dark whirlwind that uproots the woods. And                      drowns the villages.                           --Bryant.          Note: Some meteorologists apply the word whirlwind to the                larger rotary storm also, such as cyclones.          2. Fig.: A body of objects sweeping violently onward. [bd]The             whirlwind of hounds and hunters.[b8] --Macaulay.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Worland, WY (city, FIPS 84925)       Location: 44.00540 N, 107.95803 W       Population (1990): 5742 (2514 housing units)       Area: 10.6 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 82401
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Whirlwind          An early computer from the {MIT Research Laboratory       for Electronics}.          Whirlwind used {electrostatic memory} and ran {Laning and       Zierler} (1953); and {ALGEBRAIC}, {COMPREHENSIVE} and {SUMMER       SESSION} (all 1959).          [Details, reference?]          (2002-06-03)