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Eddy \Ed"dy\, v. t.
To collect as into an eddy. [R.]
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The circling mountains eddy in
From the bare wild the dissipated storm. --Thomson.
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Eddy \Ed"dy\ ([e^]d"d[y^]), n.; pl. {Eddies} ([e^]d"d[i^]z).
[Prob. fr. Icel. i[eth]a; cf. Icel. pref. i[eth]- 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.
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2. A current of water or air moving in a circular direction;
a whirlpool.
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And smiling eddies dimpled on the main. --Dryden.
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Wheel through the air, in circling eddies play.
--Addison.
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Note: Used also adjectively; as, eddy winds. --Dryden.
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Eddy \Ed"dy\, v. 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.
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Eddying round and round they sink. --Wordsworth.
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