whirlpool
Noun · VerbUS[wurl-pool]/ˈwɝlˌpul/2 syllablesalso [hwurl-pool] /ˈhwɝlˌpul/
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Noun (1)
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aberrationnoun
a state or condition markedly different from the norm
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Whirl′pool′ noun
1. 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.
2. A sea monster of the whale kind. obsolete Edmund Spenser
The Indian Sea breedeth the most and the biggest fishes that are; among which the whales and whirlpools, called “balaenae,” take up in length as much as four... arpents of land.— Philemon Holland
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54