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† hurlwind Obs.
[From a confusion of hurl v. and whirl v.]
= whirlwind.
1509Barclay Shyp of Folys 51 b, As coy and styll As the horle wynde [1570 whirle winde] or clapper of a mylle. 1573G. Harvey Letter-bk. (Camden) 102 In a hurlewind of conceit. 1609Bible (Douay) 2 Kings ii. 1 When our Lord would take up Elias by a hurle winde into heaven. 1640G. Sandys Crucif. (1649) 13 No sudden hurl-windes shall your bodies cast On trembling Earth. |