whorled

From whorl +‎ -ed.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /wɜːld/
• (without the wine–whine merger, non-rhotic) IPA^(key): /ʍɜːld/
• (General American) enPR: wôrld, wûrld, IPA^(key): /woɹld/, /wɝld/
• Homophones: whirled (UK); world (UK, wine–whine merger)
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ld

whorled (comparative more whorled, superlative most whorled)

1. Formed from whorls; having whorls.
   • 1999, Seamus Heaney, Beowulf, London: Faber and Faber, page 60:

     [A]cross the gannet’s bath,
     over the broad sea, whorled prows will bring
     presents and tokens.