WHIRLWIND, noun [whirl and wind.] A violent wind moving in a circle, or rather in a spiral form, as if moving round an axis; this axis or the perpendicular column moving horizontally, raising and whirling dust, leaves and the like.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.