whirlpit

English

Etymology

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

Noun

whirlpit (plural whirlpits)

1. (obsolete) A whirlpool.
   • 1636, G[eorge] S[andys], “(please specify the page)”, in A Paraphrase upon the Psalmes of David. And upon the Hymnes Dispersed throughout the Old and New Testaments, London: [Andrew Hebb […]], →OCLC:

     raging whirlpits

References

• “whirlpit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.