flurry
flurry is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A light shower or snowfall accompanied with wind. Like a flurry of snow on the whistling wind. Longfellow.
- 2.Violent agitation; commotion; bustle; hurry. The racket and flurry of London. Blakw. Mag.
- 3.The violent spasms of a dying whale.
- 4.To put in a state of agitation; to excite or alarm. H. Swinburne.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is a light shower or snowfall accompanied with wind. Like a flurry of snow on the whistling wind. Longfellow called?
- What is violent agitation; commotion; bustle; hurry. The racket and flurry of London. Blakw. Mag called?
- What is to put in a state of agitation; to excite or alarm. H. Swinburne called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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