See Also: vorticose(medicine)
vorticose(dictionary)
vorticose veins(medicine)

spurling (iou) and vorticose (iou)


spurling (iou)



spurling noun. E19.
[Origin unkn.]
Nautical.
spurling line, a line running from a rudder to a wheel and operating a tell-tale indicating the position of the rudder. E19.
spurling gate, spurling gate pipe, spurling pipe: a cast iron fitting in a deck through which the anchor chain passes. E20.

vorticose (iou)



vorticose adjective. L18.
[Latin vorticosus, from vortic- VORTEX: see -OSE1.]
Of motion: = VORTICAL. L18.
Resembling a vortex. L19.
vorticosely adverb L19.