Quirling
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 present participle and gerund of quirl form-of, gerund, participle, present
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
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