Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
quirling. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
quirling, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
quirling in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
quirling you have here. The definition of the word
quirling will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
quirling, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
Verb
quirling
- present participle and gerund of quirl
Noun
quirling (plural quirlings)
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (US, obsolete) A coiling or swirling sensation.
1754, Thomas Bond, “An account of a worm bred in the liver”, in Med. Observ. & Inq., volume 1:She thought there was something alive in her side, for (to use her own expression) she said she plainly perceived a tickling and quirling in it...The stomach had hitherto received, retained, and digested the food tolerably well, but was now affected with an incessant heaving and nausea, unless now and then relieved by strong opiates or large draughts of spirituous liquors; there was likewise the same sensation of tickling and quirling in it that had been before perceived in the side.
1755, Sarah Browne, “A letter from Mrs. Holt's sister to Benjamin Franklin, Esq., describing the same case”, in Med. Observ. & Inq., volume 1:She next complained of a quirling pain, that wou’d last three or four hours with the utmost violence.