Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To whirl about; revolve.
- To go to pieces.
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- verb intransitive, obsolete To
whirl around;revolve . - verb intransitive, obsolete To go to pieces.
Etymologies
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In my experience, even barely detectable breezes have a dramatic effect on it, and much of grizzly country is fairly prone towind.
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On account, scores ofindividuals of allagescontinue towind up in tent citiesorensconced on public park benches. (
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Iñárritu and his ilk use cryptopoetic spirituality as a spool towind their many character threads, but in this tale of a London urbanplanner, his wife, his Bosnian lover, and her cat-burgling son who’sbeen raiding the urban planner’s office, the underlying substrate ofhuman community feels like nothing more than wan, well-intentioned NewLabour compassion, a hearty let’s-all-try-to-be-nice-shall-we.
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