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Feb 12, 2012
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whorl



Pronunciation: (hwûrl, hwôrl, wûrl, wôrl), [key]
—n.
1. a circular arrangement of like parts, as leaves or flowers, around a point on an axis; verticil.
2. one of the turns or volutions of a spiral shell.
3. anything shaped like a coil.
4. one of the central ridges of a fingerprint, forming at least one complete circle.
5. Textiles.a flywheel or pulley, as for a spindle.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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