Definitions for: Eddy


[n] a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself
[n] founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910)
[v] flow in a circular current, of liquids



Webster (1913) Definition: Ed"dy, n.; pl. Eddies. [Prob. fr. Icel. i?a; 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.]
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.
To collect as into an eddy. [R.]

The circling mountains eddy in From the bare wild the
dissipated storm. --Thomson.

Synonyms: Mary Baker Eddy, Mary Morse Baker Eddy, purl, swirl, twist, whirl, whirlpool

See Also: course, current, flow, religionist, religious person, run, stream

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