Whirlpit

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A whirlpool. obsolete

    "raging whirlpits"

Etymology

From Middle English whirl-pit, whorllepyte, equivalent to whirl + pit.

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