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maelstrom

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Maelstrom, whirlpool, Norway: see Moskenstraumen Moskenstraumen or Maelstrom , tidewater whirlpool in the Lofoten Islands, NW Norway. Formed when tidal currents flow through coastal fjords and a maze of small islands, it is c.2.
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maelstrom
a large powerful whirlpool

Maelstrom
a strong tidal current in a restricted channel in the Lofoten Islands off the NW coast of Norway

maelstrom [′māl·strəm]
(oceanography)
A powerful and often destructive water current caused by the combined effects of high, wind-generated waves and a strong, opposing tidal current.


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Instantly the ape-man became the center of a whirling, striking, biting maelstrom of horror.
So close did the monster come to the hull, that at first it seemed as if he meant it malice; but suddenly going down in a maelstrom, within three rods of the planks, he wholly disappeared from view, as if diving under the keel.
The therns on their side would hasten to rescue the girl, and in an instant the two would be swallowed in the vortex of a maelstrom of yelling devils, hacking and hewing at one another, like fiends incarnate.
 
 
 
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