Twirling

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

  Twirl \Twirl\ (tw[~e]rl), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Twirled}
     (tw[~e]rld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Twirling}.] [Cf. AS.
     [thorn]wiril a churn staff, a stirrer, flail, [thorn]weran,
     [=a][thorn]weran, to agitate, twirl, G. zwirlen, quirlen,
     querlen to twirl, to turn round or about, quirl a twirling
     stick, OHG. dweran to twirl, stir. Cf. {Trowel}.]


     To move or turn round rapidly; to whirl round; to move and
     turn rapidly with the fingers.
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           See ruddy maids,
           Some taught with dexterous hand to twirl the wheel.
                                                    --Dodsley.
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           No more beneath soft eve's consenting star
           Fandango twirls his jocund castanet.     --Byron.
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