Also Spindle whorl A terracotta, stone or metal weight which acts as a flywheel giving momentum to maintain the spindle in motion when spinning An older name for these was pixies' grindstones
a collection of three or more similar organs projecting from a node (see pictorial glossary)
A whorl is a spiral shape, for example the pattern on the tips of your fingers. He stared at the whorls and lines of her fingertips. dense whorls of red-purple flowers