Eddy

·vt To collect as into an eddy.

II. Eddy ·vi To move as an eddy, or as in an eddy; to move in a circle.

III. Eddy ·noun A current of water or air moving in a circular direction; a whirlpool.

IV. Eddy ·noun A current of air or water running back, or in a direction contrary to the main current.

eddy
Sometimes used for the dead-water under a ship's counter. Also, the water that by some interruption ...

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Eddy current
·add. ·- An induced electric current circulating wholly within a mass of metal; — called also Fouca...

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Eddy kite
·add. ·- A quadrilateral, tailless kite, with convex surfaces exposed to the wind. This kite was ext...

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eddy-tide
When the water runs back from some obstacle to the free passage of the stream. ...

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eddy-wind
That which is beat back, or returns, from a sail, bluff hill, or anything which impedes its passage;...

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