n.; pl.Eddies [ Prob. fr. Icel. iða; cf. Icel. pref. ið- 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. A current of water or air moving in a circular direction; a whirlpool. [ 1913 Webster ]
And smiling eddies dimpled on the main. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
Wheel through the air, in circling eddies play. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
Used also adjectively; as, eddy winds. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
Called also Malay kite. [ After William A. Eddy, American kite expert. ] A quadrilateral, tailless kite, with convex surfaces exposed to the wind. This kite was extensively used by Eddy in his famous meteorological experiments. It is now generally superseded by the box kite. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
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