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To move as an eddy, or as in an eddy; to move in a circle. Eddying round and round they sink. Wordsworth.

An induced electric current circulating wholly within a mass of metal; -- called also Foucault current.

ailless 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 It is now generally superseded by the box kite.

A pet name for a donkey.

Consisting of shreds.

anging front. -- Back stream, a current running against the main current of a stream; an eddy. -- To take the back track, to retrace one's steps; to retreat. [Colloq.]

rinciple of Jesus' teaching and healing. The system was founded by Rev. Mary Baker Glover Eddy, of Concord, N. H., in 1866, and bases its teaching on the Scriptures as understood by its adherents.

ng upon another; a winding motion. O'er the calm sea, in convolution swift, The feathered eddy floats. Thomson.

Energy wasted by hysteresis or eddy currents in the core of an armature, transformer, etc.

(Arch.), a blank wall unbroken by windows or other openings. -- Dead water (Naut.), the eddy water closing in under a ship's stern when sailing. -- Dead weight. (a) A heavy or oppressive burden. Dryden. (b) (Shipping) A ship's lading, when it consists of heavy goods; or, the heaviest part of a ship's cargo. (c) (Rai…

= Eddy kite. [Eng.]

An eddy current.

That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy. Shak. A gulf of ruin, swallowing gold. Tennyson.

To run swiftly round, as a small stream flowing among stones or other obstructions; to eddy; also, to make a murmuring sound, as water does in running over or through obstructions. Swift o'er the rolling pebbles, down the hills, Louder and louder purl the falling rills. Pope.

A backset; a countercurrent; an eddy. [U. S.]

To whirl, or cause to whirl, as in an eddy. "The river swirled along." C. Kingsley.

bodies subject to its action; the form assumed by a fluid in such motion; a whirlpool; an eddy.

An eddy or vortex of water; a place in a body of water where the water moves round in a circle so as to produce a depression or cavity in the center, into which floating objects may be drawn; any body of water having a more or less circular motion caused by its flowing in an irregular channel, by the coming together of…

To whirl; to eddy. [R.] The waters went wirbling above and around. Owen. Meredith.