† hurlwindn.
Obsolete.
= whirlwind n.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > strong or violent wind > whirlwind or tornado
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storbilonc1315
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vortexa1700
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twirlwind1770
whirl-blast1800
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1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. liv As coy and styll As the horle wynde [1570 whirle winde] or clapper of a mylle.
1573 G. Harvey Schollers Loove in Let.-bk. (1884) 102 In a hurlewind of conceit.
1609 Bible (Douay) I. 2 Kings ii. 1 When our Lord would take up Elias by a hurle winde into heaven.
1640 G. Sandys tr. H. Grotius Christs Passion 13 No sudden hurl-windes shall your bodies cast On trembling Earth.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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