eddy

i. & t. [EDDY, 8.] 1. In trans.: To move in a circle; to whirl, to revolve as in an eddy. "The unwonted sound, Eddying in echoes round and round, Was to ed from fell to fell." Scott: Bridal of Trier main , iii. 7. *2. Trans.: To cause to move as in an eday; to collect into an eddy. "The circling mountains eddy in From the bare wild the di ipated storm." IMG:content-0763.png:[blocks in formation] ěd-dỹ-Ing, pr. par., a. & 8. [EDDY, v.] A. & B. As pr . par . & particip . adj .: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act or state of moving as in an eddy; curling, whirling.