a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; " a coil of rope"

a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles

a strand or cluster of hair

A circle of two or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem.

A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell.

The fly of a spindle.

A circular arrangement of leaves, petals, etc., around a, common center; one of the turns of a spiral shell.

Whorled.

A number of leaves in a whirl or circle round the stem.

A set of leaves, etc., distributed in a circle in a single plane.

A turn, as of a spiral shell.

An arrangement of a number of leaves or flowers around a stem, in the same plane with each other; a volution or turn of the spire of a univalve.

Any set of organs or appendages arranged in a circle round an axis, and in, or very nearly in, a plane perpendicular to it; a turn of the spire of a univalve shell; leaves arranged in a regular circumference round a stem.

The spiral turn of a univalve shell; a circle of flowers or parts of a flower arising from one point.

Each spindle is driven separately by means of a tape or band which passes partially round the driving cylinder and the driven whorl of the spindle, and a constant relation obtains between the delivery of the yarn and the speed of the spindle during the operation of spinning any fixed count or type of yarn. – The Jute Industry: From Seed to Finished Cloth by T. Woodhouse and P. Kilgour

A streak of yellow and a flaming whorl had shot athwart the sky; dawn was breaking swiftly in the Arctic east. – The Ice Pilot by Henry Leverage