v. (Individual.) Also wirbel. [ad. G. wirbeln.] intr. To turn round and round; to whirl; to eddy. So Wirble sb., whirl.
1848. Lytton, Harold, IV. ii. I was girt round with dead men’s bones; and the bones moved round me, undulating, as the dry leaves that wirble round in the winds of the winter. Ibid., IX. vii. The gibe and the wirble of the dead men’s bones. Ibid. (1849), K. Arthur, XII. cxv. And here and there, and wirbelling to and fro,… pale thousands spread the plain.
1860. Ld. Lytton, Lucile, I. iv. § 6. 9. The waters went wirbling above and around.
