See Also: whirr(1)(dictionary)
whirr(2)(dictionary)
whirr(dictionary)

PROBABILITY (law) and whirr(2) (iou)


PROBABILITY (law)


PROBABILITY. That which is likely to happen; that which is most consonant to reason; for example, there is a strong probability that a man of a good reason; for example, there is a strong probability that a man of a good moral character, and who has heretofore been remarkable for truth, will, moral character, and who has heretofore been remarkable for truth, will, when examined as a witness under oath, tell the truth; and, on the contrary, when examined as a witness under oath, tell the truth; and, on the contrary, that a man who has been guilty of perjury, will not, under the same that a man who has been guilty of perjury, will not, under the same circumstances, tell the truth; the former will, therefore, be entitled to circumstances, tell the truth; the former will, therefore, be entitled to credit, while the latter will not. credit, while the latter will not.

whirr(2) (iou)



whirr verb, interjection, & adverb. Also whir, infl. -rr-. LME.
[Prob. of Scandinavian origin (cf. Danish hvirre, Norwegian kvirra, Swedish dial. hvirra) from unrecorded Old Norse verb rel. to hvirfill, hvirfla: see WHIRL noun, verb. Later prob. also imit. Cf. WHIRR noun, HURRY verb.]
A. verb.
verb trans. Throw with violence and noise; fling, hurl. LME-E17.
verb intrans. & (rare) trans. Move swiftly with a whirr. LME.
R. K. Narayan Bats were whirring about.
verb intrans. Emit a whirr; dial. growl, purr. E18.
A. Burgess The clock whirred and got ready to strike.
b. interjection & adverb. Repr. a whirr or whirring sound; with a whirr. E17.
Disraeli Whirr! the exploded cork whizzed through the air. R. Frame Taking photographs with a long lens...Click-whirr-click, click.
whirring noun the action of the verb; an instance of this; a whirr: L16.