eddy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: eddy	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for eddy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Eddy n founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910) [syn: Eddy, Mary Baker Eddy, Mary Morse Baker Eddy] a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself Synonym(s): eddy, twist v flow in a circular current, of liquids [syn: eddy, purl, whirlpool, swirl, whirl]
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Eddy, TX Zip code(s): 76524