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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Eddy
n 1: founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910) [syn: Mary
Baker Eddy, Mary Morse Baker Eddy]
2: a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the
current of a fluid doubles back on itself [syn: twist]
v : flow in a circular current, of liquids [syn: purl, whirlpool,
swirl, whirl]
WordNet (r) 2.0
73 Moby Thesaurus words for "eddy":
Charybdis, Maelstrom, ado, agitation, back, back stream, backflow,
backwash, backwater, brouhaha, bustle, centrifugate, centrifuge,
commotion, countercurrent, counterflow, counterflux, cyclone,
disturbance, dizzy round, dust devil, ebullience, ebullition,
effervescence, embroilment, feery-fary, ferment, fermentation,
flurry, fume, gulf, gurge, gyre, hurly-burly, hurricane, hurry,
hurry-scurry, maelstrom, pell-mell, perturbation, pirouette, purl,
rat race, reel, refluence, reflux, regurgitation, round, ruffle,
spin, stir, surge, swirl, swirling, to-do, tornado, tumult,
turbulence, turmoil, turn, twirl, twister, typhoon, uproar, vortex,
waterspout, wheel, whirl, whirligig, whirlpool, whirlwind, whorl,
yeastiness
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Eddy, TX
Zip code(s): 76524
U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Eddy -- U.S. County in North Dakota
Population (2000): 2757
Housing Units (2000): 1418
Land area (2000): 630.118543 sq. miles (1631.999466 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 14.109773 sq. miles (36.544144 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 644.228316 sq. miles (1668.543610 sq. km)
Located within: North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38
Location: 47.747572 N, 98.975712 W
Headwords:
Eddy
Eddy, ND
Eddy County
Eddy County, ND
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)
Eddy -- U.S. County in New Mexico
Population (2000): 51658
Housing Units (2000): 22249
Land area (2000): 4182.021664 sq. miles (10831.385925 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 15.552658 sq. miles (40.281198 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4197.574322 sq. miles (10871.667123 sq. km)
Located within: New Mexico (NM), FIPS 35
Location: 32.527170 N, 104.262035 W
Headwords:
Eddy
Eddy, NM
Eddy County
Eddy County, NM
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)
Mary Baker Eddy, Mary Morse Baker Eddy, purl, swirl, twist, whirl, whirlpool
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