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 ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Eddying round and round they sink. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To collect as into an eddy. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The circling mountains eddy in
From the bare wild the dissipated storm. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Elec.) An induced electric current circulating wholly within a mass of metal; -- called also Foucault current. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

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 It is now generally superseded by the box kite.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. ]