Definition of Eddy. Meaning of Eddy. Synonyms of Eddy

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Definition of Eddy

Eddy
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.
Eddy
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. Eddying round and round they sink. --Wordsworth.
Eddy
Eddy Ed"dy, v. t. To collect as into an eddy. [R.] The circling mountains eddy in From the bare wild the dissipated storm. --Thomson.

Meaning of Eddy from wikipedia

- Look up Eddy or eddy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Eddy may refer to: Eddy (surname), surname used by descendants of a number of English, Irish and...
- Mary Baker Eddy (nee Baker; July 16, 1821 – December 3, 1910) was an American religious leader, Christian healer, and author, who in 1879 founded The Church...
- The Eddy is a French-American musical drama television miniseries, set in Paris. The first two episodes are directed by Damien Chazelle and written by...
- Ed, Edd n Eddy is an animated television series created by Danny Antonucci for Cartoon Network. The series revolves around three friends named Ed, Edd...
- In electromagnetism, an eddy current (also called Foucault's current) is a loop of electric current induced within conductors by a changing magnetic field...
- Duane Eddy (April 26, 1938 – April 30, 2024) was an American rock and roll guitarist. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, he had a string of hit records...
- Christian Science church. It was founded in 1879 in New England by Mary Baker Eddy, who wrote the 1875 book Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, which...
- high school best friends, Shelia Eddy and Rachel Shoaf. In January 2013, Shoaf confessed to authorities that she and Eddy planned and carried out Neese's...
- The surname Eddy is used by descendants of a number of English, Irish and Scottish families. Frank R. Holmes, in his Directory of the Ancestral Heads of...
- John Edwin "Eddy" Shaver (June 20, 1962 – December 31, 2000) was an American country-rock guitarist, arranger, and songwriter. The son of country artist...