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Webster 1913 Edition


Tourbillion

Tour-bil′lion

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Noun.
[F.
torbillion
a whirlwind, tourbillion, fr. L.
turbo
, -
inis
, a whirl, whirlwind.]
An ornamental firework which turns round, when in the air, so as to form a scroll of fire.
G. Francis.