Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Flurry

Flurry , noun

[Prov. English 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.

Flurry , transitive verb

To put in a state of agitation; to excite or alarm. — H. Swinburne