, or rope-winch.
Small hooks fastened into cylindrical pieces of wood which communicate by a leather strap with a spoke-wheel, whereby three of them are set in motion at once. Used for spinning yarn for ropes. Now more commonly made of iron.
·vi To move hastily or swiftly. II. Whirl ·vt A whorl. ·see <<Whorl>>. III. Whirl ·vt Anything tha...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·noun A whirling blast or wind. ...
the knee-pan. Lane. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
a churn that turns round. Derb. ...
butter-milk, from being made in a whirl-bouk. Derb. ...