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Eddy

Ed′dy

(ĕd′dy̆)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Eddies
(ĕd′dĭz)
.
[Prob. fr. Icel.
iða
; cf. Icel. pref.
ið-
back, AS.
ed-
, OS.
idug-
, OHG.
ita-
; Goth.
id-
.]
1.
A current of air or water running back, or in a direction contrary to the main current.
2.
A current of water or air moving in a circular direction; a whirlpool.
And smiling
eddies
dimpled on the main.
Dryden.
Wheel through the air, in circling
eddies
play.
Addison.
Used also adjectively; as, eddy winds.
Dryden.

Ed′dy

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Eddied
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Eddying
.]
To move as an eddy, or as in an eddy; to move in a circle.
Eddying
round and round they sink.
Wordsworth.

Ed′dy

,
Verb.
T.
To collect as into an eddy.
[R.]
The circling mountains
eddy
in
From the bare wild the dissipated storm.
Thomson.

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