whirlpooln.²

Brit.

/ˈwəːlpuːl/, U.S.

/ˈ(h)wərlˌpul/

Forms: Also 1500s whirpole, whoorlpool, etc.

Etymology: < whirl- comb. form + pool n.¹ Compare late Old English hwyrfepól and wirfelmere.

a. A place in, or part of, a river or the sea, where the water is in constant (and usually rapid) circular movement, due to the configuration of the channel or bottom, to some obstruction, or to the meeting of adverse currents or wind and tide; a (large and violent) eddy or vortex.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > whirlpool > [noun]

swallowa700

weelc897

suckc1220

swallowinga1387

swelthc1400

swirlc1425

gorce1480

vorage1490

whirlpool1530

gourd1538

gulf1538

poolc1540

hurlpool1552

whirlpit1564

sea-gulf1571

maelstrom1588

vorago1654

well1654

gurges1664

gurge1667

swelchiea1688

vortex1704

tourbillion1712

whirly-pool1727

wheel-pit1828

sea-puss1839

turn-hole1851

suck-hole1909

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 288/1 Whirpole a depe place in a ryver, where the water tourneth rounde.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. iii. f. 13 Many whorlepooles, and shelfes.

1613 J. Saris Jrnl. in Voy. Japan (1900) 66 Drowned in a wherlpoole.

1642 T. Fuller Holy State ii. xi. 94 A guilty conscience is like a whirlpool, drawing in all to it self which otherwise would passe by.

1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1772 359 Eddies and whirlpools rising..with furious boilings.

1815 M. Elphinstone Acct. Kingdom Caubul i. iii. 114 The river of Caubul..forms numerous rapids and whirlpools.

1880 A. Geikie Elem. Lessons Physical Geogr. (new ed.) iii. 154 Where the tide is thrown from side to side against sunken rocks, or where two opposing currents meet.., the water forms whirlpools.

in extended use.1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 30 The whirl-pool of the spirits in the blood.1799 W. Tooke View Russ. Empire I. 65 Which..buries both men and cattle in whirl~pools of snow and sand.1903 A. M. Clerke Probl. Astrophysics 446 Those cosmic ‘whirlpools’, every trait of which testifies to the counterplay of multiple activities.

b. figurative in various applications: esp. a destructive or absorbing agency by which something is figured as engulfed or swallowed up; a scene of confused and turbulent activity.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > one who or that which destroys > whirlpool, whirlwind, or wildfire

whirlwindc1384

wildfirea1400

whirlpool?1529

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [noun] > a scene or place of confusion

Troy-banea1520

Troy-towna1520

whirlpool?1529

Babel1537

whirlwind1714

jungle1850

morass1867

Troy-fair1870

three-ring circus1898

monkey house1910

madhouse1917

amateur night1937

?1529 S. Fish Supplicacyon for Beggers 10 Howe all the substaunce of your Realme..rynneth hedlong ynto the insaciabill whyrlepole of these gredi goulafres.

1555 R. Eden in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde Ded. sig. diij^v Drowned in the whirlepoole of obliuion.

1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (lxix. 4) In y^e deepest whoorlpools of aduersities, faith may hold vs vp.

1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 43 The non-resident..Prelats the gulphs and whirle pools of benefices, but the dry pits of all sound doctrine.

1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 419 In the middest of the Whirl-pooles of Change.

a1704 T. Brown Walk round London in 3rd Vol. Wks. (1708) iii. 36 The Whirl-pool of Poetry suck'd me in, and I fell a Rhyming.

1831 G. P. R. James Philip Augustus xliii What a whirlpool of contending feelings!

1863 C. Dickens Uncommerc. Traveller in All Year Round 4 July 444/2 You may revolve in a whirlpool of red shirts, shaggy beards [etc.].

1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. III. xcvii. 362 Political success will always attract ambition, and..public life will draw at least enough of the highest ability into its whirlpool.

c. A bath or pool with underwater jets of hot, usually aerated, water, used for purposes of physiotherapy or relaxation; also, a pumping unit for producing such jets. Originally U.S.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > other medical equipment > [noun] > hydrotherapy equipment

dry pump1632

pump1632

packing sheet1869

whirlpool1975

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > bathing > a bath > whirlpool bath

Jacuzzi1966

whirlpool1975

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > bathing > a bath > whirlpool bath > apparatus

whirlpool1975

1975 Sports Illustr. Aug. 41 Sportswriters let you know they are on such intimate terms with an athlete that they can interview him in ‘the whirlpool’.

1975 Sports Illustr. Aug. 42/3 Last year Underwriters' Laboratories..dropped its long-standing approval of portable whirlpools whose unit, motor and all, goes into the water.

1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 16 June 8- a/3 (advt.) Relaxing, soothing whirlpool... Directional nozzle, aerator, timer, handle.

1978 Detroit Free Press 5 Mar. d17/2 (advt.) Entertainment and dancing in the Wharf Lounge. Indoor pool, sauna, whirlpool, charming restaurants.

1980 D. Williams Murder for Treasure ix. 86 The heated indoor whirlpool..measures twelve feet across.

1985 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 6 Apr. 1024/1 The whirlpool or Jacuzzi is a North American invention which has flourished there since the early 1970s but has only recently been introduced into Britain. Hot water is agitated mechanically through pressurised jets in a large tub and gives the bather a pleasurable sensation. Bathing in the company of others is usual.

Compounds

a. attributive and in other combinations in senses a, b.

ΚΠ

1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge iv. ii. sig. G3^v They haue..sunke the tossed galleasse in depth Of whirlepoole Scorne.

1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. P8 Bitter wave of troubled flesh, And whirl-pool-turnings of the lower spright.

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. iii. 159 To recoyl by a double whirl~pool-motion.

1902 Westm. Gaz. 6 Mar. 6/2 The whirl~pool rapids [of the Niagara].

b. In sense c above, esp. in whirlpool bath.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [adjective] > relating to bathing > type of bath

vaporous1527

whirlpool1950

1950 Life & Health Oct. 8/2 Whirlpool baths have stimulating effects.

1972 ‘E. Lathen’ Murder without Icing (1973) xii. 113 It's more like a country club..saunas and whirlpool baths, cocktail bars and singles nights.

1975 Sports Illustr. Aug. 42/2 Doctors generally agree on the salubrious effects of whirlpool therapy.

1978 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 13 June tm88/1 Jacuzzi Bros Inc., Little Rock, Ark... Jacuzzi... For hydro-therapy products..therapeutic whirlpool baths and parts thereof.

1984 Miami Herald 6 Apr. 15 d/5 (advt.) Bayside pool, sundeck and whirlpool spa.

1984 Listener 19 July 17/4 (advt.) For couples who want to get away together..4 poster beds, water beds—with whirlpool bath en suite.

Derivatives

ˈwhirlpooling adj. circling or eddying like a whirlpool.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > whirlpool > [adjective] > swirling like

gulfing1813

whirlpoolinga1861

swirly1912

a1861 T. Winthrop Life in Open Air (1863) 48 A birch [canoe]..lies, light as a leaf, on whirlpooling surfaces.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	whirlpool
释义	† whirlpooln.¹ Forms: Also 1500s wherpole, w(h)orpoul, etc. Etymology: apparently an alteration, by popular etymology, of thirlepoll n. Obsolete. ? The large blowing whale. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous types of huddon?c1370 whirlpoolc1450 thirlepollc1460 physeter1581 whirl-about1605 whirl-whale1606 thurlhead1610 black whale1615 blackfish1688 bonefish1752 pollack1774 Algerine1849 sea-boar1859 oil-butt1937 c1450 Brut ii. 603 Ther wer sene in þe Temys at Londen, many whyrlepolys, & anoþer tyme a whale. 1508 J. Stanbridge Vulgaria (W. de W.) B j Balena, a whyrlepole. 1541 in Lincoln Chapter Acts II. 49 (Linc. Rec. Soc. XII.) Sturgion, seale, porpoise, wherpole, and such like. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. ix. iii. 235 The Whales and Whirlepooles called Balænæ. 1678 Young Man's Calling 301 At Quinborough three great dolphins were taken,..and a while after three other fishes, called whirlpools were taken at Gravesend. 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais Pantagruel's Voy.: 4th Bk. Wks. iv. xxxiii. 131 A huge monstrous Physetere, a sort of a Whale (which some call a Whirl pool). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2020). whirlpooln.² Brit. /ˈwəːlpuːl/, U.S. /ˈ(h)wərlˌpul/ Forms: Also 1500s whirpole, whoorlpool, etc. Etymology: < whirl- comb. form + pool n.¹ Compare late Old English hwyrfepól and wirfelmere. a. A place in, or part of, a river or the sea, where the water is in constant (and usually rapid) circular movement, due to the configuration of the channel or bottom, to some obstruction, or to the meeting of adverse currents or wind and tide; a (large and violent) eddy or vortex. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > whirlpool > [noun] swallowa700 weelc897 suckc1220 swallowinga1387 swelthc1400 swirlc1425 gorce1480 vorage1490 whirlpool1530 gourd1538 gulf1538 poolc1540 hurlpool1552 whirlpit1564 sea-gulf1571 maelstrom1588 vorago1654 well1654 gurges1664 gurge1667 swelchiea1688 vortex1704 tourbillion1712 whirly-pool1727 wheel-pit1828 sea-puss1839 turn-hole1851 suck-hole1909 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 288/1 Whirpole a depe place in a ryver, where the water tourneth rounde. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. iii. f. 13 Many whorlepooles, and shelfes. 1613 J. Saris Jrnl. in Voy. Japan (1900) 66 Drowned in a wherlpoole. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State ii. xi. 94 A guilty conscience is like a whirlpool, drawing in all to it self which otherwise would passe by. 1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1772 359 Eddies and whirlpools rising..with furious boilings. 1815 M. Elphinstone Acct. Kingdom Caubul i. iii. 114 The river of Caubul..forms numerous rapids and whirlpools. 1880 A. Geikie Elem. Lessons Physical Geogr. (new ed.) iii. 154 Where the tide is thrown from side to side against sunken rocks, or where two opposing currents meet.., the water forms whirlpools. in extended use.1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 30 The whirl-pool of the spirits in the blood.1799 W. Tooke View Russ. Empire I. 65 Which..buries both men and cattle in whirl~pools of snow and sand.1903 A. M. Clerke Probl. Astrophysics 446 Those cosmic ‘whirlpools’, every trait of which testifies to the counterplay of multiple activities. b. figurative in various applications: esp. a destructive or absorbing agency by which something is figured as engulfed or swallowed up; a scene of confused and turbulent activity. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > one who or that which destroys > whirlpool, whirlwind, or wildfire whirlwindc1384 wildfirea1400 whirlpool?1529 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [noun] > a scene or place of confusion Troy-banea1520 Troy-towna1520 whirlpool?1529 Babel1537 whirlwind1714 jungle1850 morass1867 Troy-fair1870 three-ring circus1898 monkey house1910 madhouse1917 amateur night1937 ?1529 S. Fish Supplicacyon for Beggers 10 Howe all the substaunce of your Realme..rynneth hedlong ynto the insaciabill whyrlepole of these gredi goulafres. 1555 R. Eden in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde Ded. sig. diij^v Drowned in the whirlepoole of obliuion. 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (lxix. 4) In y^e deepest whoorlpools of aduersities, faith may hold vs vp. 1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 43 The non-resident..Prelats the gulphs and whirle pools of benefices, but the dry pits of all sound doctrine. 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 419 In the middest of the Whirl-pooles of Change. a1704 T. Brown Walk round London in 3rd Vol. Wks. (1708) iii. 36 The Whirl-pool of Poetry suck'd me in, and I fell a Rhyming. 1831 G. P. R. James Philip Augustus xliii What a whirlpool of contending feelings! 1863 C. Dickens Uncommerc. Traveller in All Year Round 4 July 444/2 You may revolve in a whirlpool of red shirts, shaggy beards [etc.]. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. III. xcvii. 362 Political success will always attract ambition, and..public life will draw at least enough of the highest ability into its whirlpool. c. A bath or pool with underwater jets of hot, usually aerated, water, used for purposes of physiotherapy or relaxation; also, a pumping unit for producing such jets. Originally U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > other medical equipment > [noun] > hydrotherapy equipment dry pump1632 pump1632 packing sheet1869 whirlpool1975 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > bathing > a bath > whirlpool bath Jacuzzi1966 whirlpool1975 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > bathing > a bath > whirlpool bath > apparatus whirlpool1975 1975 Sports Illustr. Aug. 41 Sportswriters let you know they are on such intimate terms with an athlete that they can interview him in ‘the whirlpool’. 1975 Sports Illustr. Aug. 42/3 Last year Underwriters' Laboratories..dropped its long-standing approval of portable whirlpools whose unit, motor and all, goes into the water. 1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 16 June 8- a/3 (advt.) Relaxing, soothing whirlpool... Directional nozzle, aerator, timer, handle. 1978 Detroit Free Press 5 Mar. d17/2 (advt.) Entertainment and dancing in the Wharf Lounge. Indoor pool, sauna, whirlpool, charming restaurants. 1980 D. Williams Murder for Treasure ix. 86 The heated indoor whirlpool..measures twelve feet across. 1985 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 6 Apr. 1024/1 The whirlpool or Jacuzzi is a North American invention which has flourished there since the early 1970s but has only recently been introduced into Britain. Hot water is agitated mechanically through pressurised jets in a large tub and gives the bather a pleasurable sensation. Bathing in the company of others is usual. Compounds a. attributive and in other combinations in senses a, b. ΚΠ 1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge iv. ii. sig. G3^v They haue..sunke the tossed galleasse in depth Of whirlepoole Scorne. 1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. P8 Bitter wave of troubled flesh, And whirl-pool-turnings of the lower spright. 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. iii. 159 To recoyl by a double whirl~pool-motion. 1902 Westm. Gaz. 6 Mar. 6/2 The whirl~pool rapids [of the Niagara]. b. In sense c above, esp. in whirlpool bath. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [adjective] > relating to bathing > type of bath vaporous1527 whirlpool1950 1950 Life & Health Oct. 8/2 Whirlpool baths have stimulating effects. 1972 ‘E. Lathen’ Murder without Icing (1973) xii. 113 It's more like a country club..saunas and whirlpool baths, cocktail bars and singles nights. 1975 Sports Illustr. Aug. 42/2 Doctors generally agree on the salubrious effects of whirlpool therapy. 1978 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 13 June tm88/1 Jacuzzi Bros Inc., Little Rock, Ark... Jacuzzi... For hydro-therapy products..therapeutic whirlpool baths and parts thereof. 1984 Miami Herald 6 Apr. 15 d/5 (advt.) Bayside pool, sundeck and whirlpool spa. 1984 Listener 19 July 17/4 (advt.) For couples who want to get away together..4 poster beds, water beds—with whirlpool bath en suite. Derivatives ˈwhirlpooling adj. circling or eddying like a whirlpool. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > whirlpool > [adjective] > swirling like gulfing1813 whirlpoolinga1861 swirly1912 a1861 T. Winthrop Life in Open Air (1863) 48 A birch [canoe]..lies, light as a leaf, on whirlpooling surfaces. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.¹c1450n.²?1529
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† whirlpooln.1

whirlpooln.2

Compounds

Derivatives

† whirlpooln.¹

whirlpooln.²