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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Eddy \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.
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