Category:Whirlpool

Whirl"pool`, n.

1. An eddy or vortex of water; a place in a body of water where the Water moves round in a circle so as to produce a depression or cavity In the center, into which floating objects may be drawn; any body of Water having a more or less circular motion caused by its flowing in An irregular channel, by the coming together of opposing currents, or The like.

2. A sea monster of the whale kind. [obs.] Spenser. The indian sea breedeth the most and the biggest fishes that are; Among which the whales and whirlpools, called "balænæ," take up in Length as much as four. . . arpents of land. Holland.