Eddy — Defs

01 n. A current of air or water running back, or in a direction contrary to the main current.

pl. Eddies ((ĕd"dĭz))

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.

02 v. i. To move as an eddy, or as in an eddy; to move in a circle.

imp. & p. p. Eddied; p. pr. & vb. n. Eddying

1.
To move as an eddy, or as in an eddy; to move in a circle.
“Eddying round and round they sink.” — Wordsworth.

03 v. t. To collect as into an eddy.

1.
To collect as into an eddy.[R.]
“The circling mountains eddy in From the bare wild the dissipated storm.” — Thomson.