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large mechanical apparatus with seats for children to ride on

a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin; "he got a bright red top and string for his birthday"

large mechanical apparatus with seats for children to ride on

a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin; "he got a bright red top and string for his birthday"

Anything which whirls around, or in which persons or things are whirled about, as a frame with seats or wooden horses.

A mediaeval instrument for punishing petty offenders, being a kind of wooden cage turning on a pivot, in which the offender was whirled round with great velocity.

Any one of numerous species of beetles belonging to Gyrinus and allied genera. The body is firm, oval or boatlike in form, and usually dark colored with a bronzelike luster. These beetles live mostly on the surface of water, and move about with great celerity in a gyrating, or circular, manner, but they are also able to dive and swim rapidly. The larva is aquatic. Called also weaver, whirlwig, and whirlwig beetle.

Anything which whirls around, or in which persons or things are whirled about, as a frame with seats or wooden horses.

A mediaeval instrument for punishing petty offenders, being a kind of wooden cage turning on a pivot, in which the offender was whirled round with great velocity.

Any one of numerous species of beetles belonging to Gyrinus and allied genera. The body is firm, oval or boatlike in form, and usually dark colored with a bronzelike luster. These beetles live mostly on the surface of water, and move about with great celerity in a gyrating, or circular, manner, but they are also able to dive and swim rapidly. The larva is aquatic. Called also weaver, whirlwig, and whirlwig beetle.

A toy that spins; a merry-go-round.

A revolving toy.

A toy that revolves rapidly upon an axis.