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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Whorl

/wôrl/ · IPA /(h)wɔː(ɹ)l/
01 n. A circle of two or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem.
  1. 1.
    A circle of two or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem.(Bot.)
  2. 2.
    A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell.(Zool.)
  3. 3.
    The fly of a spindle.(Spinning)