Whirlwind

Whirlwind (whirlwind)

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Whirl"wind`

[Cf. Icel. hvirfilvindr, Sw. hvirfvelvind, Dan. hvirvelvind, G. wirbelwind. See Whirl, and Wind, ]

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.

* Some meteorologists apply the word whirlwind to the larger rotary storm also, such as cyclones.

Fig.: A body of objects sweeping violently onward.

"The whirlwind of hounds and hunters." Macaulay.

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