Search:whirlpool -> WHIRLPOOL
whirlpool
w h i r l p o o l hex:#119;#104;#105;#114;#108;#112;#111;#111;#108;
The Salt of the World?
- Whirlpool - n. - An eddy or vortex of water; a place in a body of water where the water moves round in a circle so as to produce a depression or cavity in the center, into which floating objects may be drawn; any body of water having a more or less circular motion caused by its flowing in an irregular channel, by the coming together of opposing currents, or the like.
- Whirlpool - n. - A sea monster of the whale kind.
- Charybdis - n. - A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla on the Italian coast. It is personified as a female monster. See Scylla.
- Maelstrom - n. - A celebrated whirlpool on the coast of Norway.