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Webster 1913 Edition

Whir

Whir

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Whirred
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Whirring
.]
[Perhaps of imitative origin; cf. D.
hvirre
to whirl, and E.
hurr
,
hurry
,
whirl
. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK].]
To whirl round, or revolve, with a whizzing noise; to fly or more quickly with a buzzing or whizzing sound; to whiz.
The partridge bursts away on
whirring
wings.
Beattie.

Whir

,
Verb.
T.
[See
Whir
to whiz.]
To hurry a long with a whizzing sound.
[R.]
This world to me is like a lasting storm,
Whirring
me from my friends.
Shakespeare

Whir

,
Noun.
A buzzing or whizzing sound produced by rapid or whirling motion;
as, the
whir
of a partridge; the
whir
of a spinning wheel.

Webster 1828 Edition

Whir

WHIR

,
Verb.
I.
hwur. To whirl round with noise; to fly with noise.

WHIR

,
Verb.
T.
To hurry.

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