whirlpit

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English whirl-pit, whorllepyte, equivalent to whirl +‎ pit.

Noun

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whirlpit (plural whirlpits)

  1. (obsolete) A whirlpool.
    • 1636, G[eorge] S[andys], “(please specify the page)”, in A Paraphrase upon the Psalmes of David. And upon the Hymnes Dispersed throughout the Old and New Testaments, London: [Andrew Hebb []], →OCLC:
      raging whirlpits

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