TWIRL, TWIRLING
ADJECTIVES
1816 — TIRLIE-WHIRLIE full of twirls or whirls → Sc.
NOUNS
1774 — TWIDDLE a twirl or twist
1790 — TIRL an act of twirling; a twirl, a whirl → Eng. dial.
1834 — TWIRLIFICATION a twirling, gyrating
1880 — QUERL — QUIRL a curl, a twist, a twirl → US
1902 — TWIRLIGIG a twirly pattern; a whirligig
VERBS
1543 — TIRL to turn; to cause to rotate or revolve; to twirl, to spin; to turn over and over; to move by rolling → chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1787 — QUERL to twirl, to coil → US
1788 — TWISTLE to twist, to twirl; to screw → Eng. dial.
1788 — TWIZZLE to twirl, to twist; to turn round; to form by twisting → Eng. dial.
1816 — BIRL to make a noise like the rapid turning of a wheel; to twirl round, to spin → Sc. & Eng. dial.
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