WHIRLPOOL
ADJECTIVES
► SWIRLY moving in whirlpools or with a circular motion or course; whirling → 1912
NOUNS
► BORE a small whirlpool or circular eddy in a stream → 1972 Amer. dial.
► DINOPHOBIA an abnormal fear of whirlpools →1991 (Bk.)
► EDDY-TIDE a whirlpool → 1966 Amer. dial.
► GURGE a whirlpool → 1667
► GURGES a whirlpool, a gulf → 1664
► GURGLET a tiny whirlpool → 1796
► HURLPOOL a whirlpool → 1552 obs.
► INDRAIN a whirlpool → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► INDRAW a whirlpool → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MAELSTROM a great whirlpool → 1682
► POOL a whirlpool → c1540 obs.
► SWELCHIE a whirlpool → a1688 Sc., obs.
► SWELTH a whirlpool → c1400 chiefly Sc., obs.
► SWILLY a whirlpool, an eddy → 1890 Eng. dial.
► SWIRL a whirlpool, an eddy; a whirling body of water → c1425
► TIDE-EDDY a whirlpool → 1966 Amer. dial.
► TURN-HOLE a whirlpool or eddy → 1851
► VELLA a whirlpool → 1880 Eng. dial.
► WALL a whirlpool in the sea → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
VERBS
► GURGE 1. to turn into a whirlpool → 1523 obs.
2. to make a whirlpool, to swirl, to surge → 1578
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