Found 8 hits - Term: eddy, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
1913 webster
eddying round and round they sink. --wordsworth.
1913 webster
see also:
eddied eddying
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
eddy \ed"dy\, 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
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
eddy \ed"dy\ e^d"dy^, n.; pl. eddies e^d"di^z.
prob. fr. icel. ietha; cf. icel. pref. ieth- 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
note: used also adjectively; as, eddy winds. --dryden.
1913 webster
see also:
eddies
- [4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
eddy
n 1: founder of christian science in 1866 1821-1910 syn: mary
baker eddy, mary morse baker eddy
2: a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the
current of a fluid doubles back on itself syn: twist
v : flow in a circular current, of liquids syn: purl, whirlpool,
swirl, whirl
see also:
mary baker eddy mary morse baker eddy twist purl whirlpool swirl
whirl
- [5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
73 moby thesaurus words for "eddy":
charybdis, maelstrom, ado, agitation, back, back stream, backflow,
backwash, backwater, brouhaha, bustle, centrifugate, centrifuge,
commotion, countercurrent, counterflow, counterflux, cyclone,
disturbance, dizzy round, dust devil, ebullience, ebullition,
effervescence, embroilment, feery-fary, ferment, fermentation,
flurry, fume, gulf, gurge, gyre, hurly-burly, hurricane, hurry,
hurry-scurry, maelstrom, pell-mell, perturbation, pirouette, purl,
rat race, reel, refluence, reflux, regurgitation, round, ruffle,
spin, stir, surge, swirl, swirling, to-do, tornado, tumult,
turbulence, turmoil, turn, twirl, twister, typhoon, uproar, vortex,
waterspout, wheel, whirl, whirligig, whirlpool, whirlwind, whorl,
yeastiness
- [6] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
eddy, tx
zip codes: 76524
- [7] : U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)
eddy -- u.s. county in north dakota
population 2000: 2757
housing units 2000: 1418
land area 2000: 630.118543 sq. miles 1631.999466 sq. km
water area 2000: 14.109773 sq. miles 36.544144 sq. km
total area 2000: 644.228316 sq. miles 1668.543610 sq. km
located within: north dakota nd, fips 38
location: 47.747572 n, 98.975712 w
headwords:
eddy
eddy, nd
eddy county
eddy county, nd
- [8] : U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)
eddy -- u.s. county in new mexico
population 2000: 51658
housing units 2000: 22249
land area 2000: 4182.021664 sq. miles 10831.385925 sq. km
water area 2000: 15.552658 sq. miles 40.281198 sq. km
total area 2000: 4197.574322 sq. miles 10871.667123 sq. km
located within: new mexico nm, fips 35
location: 32.527170 n, 104.262035 w
headwords:
eddy
eddy, nm
eddy county
eddy county, nm
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