Flurries

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Flurry \Flur"ry\, n.; pl. {Flurries}. [Prov. E. flur to ruffle.]
     1. A sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary
        breeze; as, a flurry of wind.
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     2. A light shower or snowfall accompanied with wind.


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              Like a flurry of snow on the whistling wind.
                                                    --Longfellow.
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     3. Violent agitation; commotion; bustle; hurry.
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              The racket and flurry of London.      --Blakw. Mag.
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     4. The violent spasms of a dying whale.
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