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whorl 1. Botany a radial arrangement of three or more petals, stamens, leaves, etc., around a stem 2. Zoology a single turn in a spiral shell 3. one of the basic patterns of the human fingerprint, formed by several complete circular ridges one inside another How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The shaft and hook of this spindle are made of steel, and the whorl is made partly of steel and also partly of other materials. The morning mist swept off in a whorl of silver, the parrots shot away to some distant river in shrieking green hosts: all the well-wheels within ear-shot went to work. He did these pantograph enlargements on sheets of white cardboard, and made each individual line of the bewildering maze of whorls or curves or loops which consisted of the "pattern" of a "record" stand out bold and black by reinforcing it with ink. |
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