"swirling" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1945 May and June, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 152:",
          "text": "When the right-away was given, Driver Gibson would give a sonorous blast on Cardean's deep-toned hooter, and amid a flurry of swirling steam the train would move majestically out, with nearly half the city of Carlisle—or so it would appear—as onlookers on the platform.",
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  "word": "swirling"
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        "A pattern or motion that swirls."
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        "present participle and gerund of swirl"
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