† spilquernn.
Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
A whirligig or top.
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spilquernc1375
prill1440
spilcockc1440
whirligigc1440
nun1585
nun-gig1615
Roaring Meg1632
totum1706
teetotum1720
spinner1799
spinning-top1821
jenny-spinner1824
diabolo1905
dreidel1916
c1375 Gloss. in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 9 Giraculum, quidam ludus puerorum, a spilquerene.
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