Whirl"a*bout` (?), n. Something that whirls or turns about in a rapid
manner; a whirligig.
Whirl"bat` (?), n. Anything moved with a whirl, as preparatory for a
blow, or to augment the force of it; — applied by poets to the cestus
of ancient boxers.
The whirlbat and the rapid race shall be Reserved for Cæsar.
Dryden.
Whirl"-blast` (?), n. A whirling blast or wind.
A whirl-blast from behind the hill.
Wordsworth.
Whirl"bone` (?), n. (Anat.) (a) The huckle bone. [Obs.] (b) The
patella, or kneepan. [Obs.] Ainsworth.
Whirl"er (?), n. One who, or that which, whirls.