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Whirlpool \Whirl"pool`\, n.
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1. An eddy or vortex of water; a place in a body of water
where the water moves round in a circle so as to produce a
depression or cavity in the center, into which floating
objects may be drawn; any body of water having a more or
less circular motion caused by its flowing in an irregular
channel, by the coming together of opposing currents, or
the like.
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2. A sea monster of the whale kind. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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The Indian Sea breedeth the most and the biggest
fishes that are; among which the whales and
whirlpools, called "balaenae," take up in length as
much as four . . . arpents of land. --Holland.
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