Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - whorl
Whorl
whorl
n. 1 a ring of leaves or other organs round a stem of a plant. 2 one turn of a spiral, esp. on a shell. 3 a complete circle in a fingerprint. 4 archaic a small wheel on a spindle steadying its motion. Derivatives whorled adj. Etymology: ME wharwyl, whorwil, app. var. of WHIRL: infl. by wharve (n.) = whorl of a spindle
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noun Etymology: Middle English wharle, ~e, probably alteration of whirle, from whirlen to whirl Date: 15th century a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle, an arrangement of similar anatomical parts (as leaves) in a circle around a point on an axis, something that whirls, coils, or spirals or whose form suggests such movement ; swirl , one of the turns of a univalve shell, a fingerprint in which the central papillary ridges turn through at least one complete circle ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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