"tourbillion" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "See tourbillon.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tourbillions",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "tourbillion (plural tourbillions)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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          "ref": "1700, Mrs. Behn (translator), Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, The Theory Or System of Several New Inhabited Worlds Lately Discover'd:",
          "text": "This azure Vault has a greater Depth and a vaster Extent , and that ' tis divided into a thousand and a thousand different Tourbillions or Whirlings",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1939, Jan Struther, “Guy Fawkes' Day”, in Mrs. Miniver:",
          "text": "Clem knew ... the sober, familiar names usually produced the most interesting results. He laid out a certain amount on Roman Candles, Catherine-wheels, and Tourbillions, but for the most part he rightly concentrated on rockets.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An ornamental firework that turns round in the air so as to form a scroll of fire."
      ],
      "id": "en-tourbillion-en-noun-oo7-OFRy",
      "links": [
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          "ornamental",
          "ornamental"
        ],
        [
          "firework",
          "firework"
        ],
        [
          "scroll",
          "scroll"
        ],
        [
          "fire",
          "fire"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) An ornamental firework that turns round in the air so as to form a scroll of fire."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tourbillion"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "See tourbillon.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tourbillions",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "tourbillion (plural tourbillions)",
      "name": "en-noun"
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "English countable nouns",
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1700, Mrs. Behn (translator), Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, The Theory Or System of Several New Inhabited Worlds Lately Discover'd:",
          "text": "This azure Vault has a greater Depth and a vaster Extent , and that ' tis divided into a thousand and a thousand different Tourbillions or Whirlings",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1939, Jan Struther, “Guy Fawkes' Day”, in Mrs. Miniver:",
          "text": "Clem knew ... the sober, familiar names usually produced the most interesting results. He laid out a certain amount on Roman Candles, Catherine-wheels, and Tourbillions, but for the most part he rightly concentrated on rockets.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An ornamental firework that turns round in the air so as to form a scroll of fire."
      ],
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        [
          "ornamental",
          "ornamental"
        ],
        [
          "firework",
          "firework"
        ],
        [
          "scroll",
          "scroll"
        ],
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          "fire",
          "fire"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) An ornamental firework that turns round in the air so as to form a scroll of fire."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tourbillion"
}