·noun A whirling blast or wind.
·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
, or rope-winch. Small hooks fastened into cylindrical pieces of wood which communicate by a leath...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·- A suffix or terminal formative, used principally in biological terms, and signifying growth, form...
·noun A violent gust of wind. II. Blast ·noun A flatulent disease of sheep. III. Blast ·vt To conf...
To curse. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
A sudden and violent gust of wind: it is generally of short duration, and succeeded by a fine breeze...
the knee-pan. Lane. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
a churn that turns round. Derb. ...
·add. ·- A lamp provided with some arrangement for intensifying combustion by means of a blast. ...
·- The exhaust pipe of a steam engine, or any pipe delivering steam or air, when so constructed as t...
·- ·see under <<Blast>>. ...
A ventilating machine to draw off the foul air from the hold of a ship, and induce a current of fres...
A provincialism denoting a sudden and local motion of the air, resembling a miniature whirlwind. ...
butter-milk, from being made in a whirl-bouk. Derb. ...