(a flywheel or pulley on a spindle)

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• whorl — mid 15c., flywheel or pulley on a spindle, perhaps an alteration of WHIRL (Cf. whirl). Meaning circle of leaves or flowers round a stem of a plant is first recorded 1550s. Of seashells or other spiral structures, from 1828 …   Etymology dictionary

• whorl — /hwerrl, hwawrl, werrl, wawrl/, n. 1. a circular arrangement of like parts, as leaves or flowers, around a point on an axis; verticil. 2. one of the turns or volutions of a spiral shell. 3. anything shaped like a coil. 4. one of the central… …   Universalium

• whorl — [[t](h)wɜrl, (h)wɔrl, wɜrl, wɔrl[/t]] n. 1) bot a circular arrangement of like parts, as leaves or flowers, around a point on an axis; verticil 2) ivt one of the turns or volutions of a spiral shell 3) anything shaped like a coil 4) one of the… …   From formal English to slang

• wharve — [hwôrv, wôrv] n. [ME wherve < OE hweorfa < base of hweorfan, to turn: see WHARF] 1. a small flywheel on the spindle of a spinning wheel 2. a small drive pulley on a spindle of a modern spinning machine …   English World dictionary

• Phonograph — Turntable redirects here. For other uses, see Turntable (disambiguation). Edison cylinder phonograph ca. 1899 …   Wikipedia

• Cotton mill — A cotton mill is a factory that houses spinning and weaving machinery. Typically built between 1775 and 1930, mills spun cotton which was an important product during the Industrial Revolution. Cotton mills, and the mechanisation of the spinning… …   Wikipedia

• whorl — [wɔ:l, wə:l] noun 1》 Zoology each of the convolutions in the shell of a gastropod or ammonoid mollusc. 2》 Botany a set of leaves, flowers, or branches springing from the stem at the same level and encircling it.     ↘(in a flower) each of the… …   English new terms dictionary

• wharve — /hwawrv, wawrv/, n. Spinning. a wheel or round piece of wood on a spindle, serving as a flywheel or as a pulley. [bef. 1000; ME wherve, OE hweorfa; deriv. of hwerfan to revolve] * * * …   Universalium

• wharve — /wɔv/ (say wawv) noun a wheel or round piece of wood on a spindle, serving as a flywheel or as a pulley. {Middle English wherve, Old English hweorfa} …  

• whorl — ► NOUN 1) Zoology each of the turns in the spiral shell of a mollusc. 2) Botany a set of leaves, flowers, or branches springing from a stem at the same level and encircling it. 3) a complete circle in a fingerprint. DERIVATIVES whorled adjective …   English terms dictionary

• whorled — whorl ► NOUN 1) Zoology each of the turns in the spiral shell of a mollusc. 2) Botany a set of leaves, flowers, or branches springing from a stem at the same level and encircling it. 3) a complete circle in a fingerprint. DERIVATIVES whorled… …   English terms dictionary