Flur"ry (?), n.; pl. Flurries (#). [Prov. E. flur to ruffle.]
1.
A sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary breeze; as, a flurry of wind.
2.
A light shower or snowfall accompanied with wind.
Like a flurry of snow on the whistling wind.
Longfellow.
3.
Violent agitation; commotion; bustle; hurry.
The racket and flurry of London.
Blakw. Mag.
4.
The violent spasms of a dying whale.
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Flur"ry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flurried (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Flurrying.]
To put in a state of agitation; to excite or alarm.
H. Swinburne.
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