ED'DY, n. [I find this word in no other language. It is usually considered as a compound of Sax.ed, backward, and ea, water.] 1. A current of water running back, or in a direction contrary to the main stream. Thus a point of land extending into a river, checks the water near the shore,and turns it back or gives it a circular course. The word is applied also to the air or wind moving in a circular direction.2. A whirlpool; a current of water or air in a circular direction.And smiling eddies dimpled on the main.Wheel through the air, in circling eddies play.ED'DY, v.i. To move circularly, or as an eddy. ED'DY, a. Whirling; moving circularly. |
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