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EDDY
eddy, twist
(noun) a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself
Eddy, Mary Baker Eddy, Mary Morse Baker Eddy
(noun) founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910)
eddy, purl, whirlpool, swirl, whirl
(verb) flow in a circular current, of liquids
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
eddy (plural eddies)
A current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current.
A circular current; a whirlpool.
Verb
eddy (third-person singular simple present eddies, present participle eddying, simple past and past participle eddied)
(intransitive) To form an eddy; to move in, or as if in, an eddy; to move in a circle.
Anagrams
• dyde, dyed
Etymology
Proper noun
Eddy
A diminutive of Edward, Edgar, Edwin, or other male given names beginning with Ed-.
A surname.
Anagrams
• dyde, dyed
Source: Wiktionary
Ed"dy, n.; pl. Eddies. Etym: [Prob. fr. Icel. i; cf. Icel. pref. i 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.
Note: Used also adjectively; as, eddy winds. Dryden.
Ed"dy, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Eddied; p. pr. & vb. n. Eddying.]
Definition: To move as an eddy, or as in an eddy; to move in a circle. Eddying round and round they sink. Wordsworth.
Ed"dy, v. t.
Definition: To collect as into an eddy. [R.] The circling mountains eddy in From the bare wild the dissipated storm. Thomson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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