eddy
A current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current.
Noun
- A current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current.
- In the bow old Dobbs fought the stream cunningly, twisting the nose into eddies and backwaters, taking advantage when he could of set of current, and when he could not, paddling doggedly, not so powerfully, perhaps, as...
- A circular current; a whirlpool.
- And smiling eddies dimpled on the main. - 1667, John Dryden, Annus Mirabilis: The Year of Wonders, 1666. […], London: […] Henry Herringman, […], →OCLC, (please specify the stanza number):
- Wheel through the air, in circling eddies play. - 1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act II, scene i, page 32:
- It was as though the room were instantly flooded with water. After a moment’s hesitation first one couple, then another, leapt into mid-stream, and went round and round in the eddies. - 1915, Virginia Woolf, The Voyage...
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *éti Proto-Germanic *idi- Proto-West Germanic *id- Old English ed- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂ Proto-Germanic *ahwō Proto-West Germanic *ahu Old English ēa Old English edēa Middle English eddy English eddy From Middle English eddy, from Old English edēa, from ed- (“turning, back, reverse”) + ēa (“water”), equivalent to ed- + ea. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁é, and, consequently, cognate with Latin et. Related also to Danish ide (“eddy”), Swedish eda (“eddy”), Norwegian ida, ia, ea (“eddy”), Icelandic iða (“eddy”).
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eddy current eddy kinetic energy eddyline eddy root Mediterranean eddy
Noun slang
- A marijuana edible.
- I never really was into weed until recently. On my "Chrissy Chaos" podcast on Patreon, I do a segment every Friday called the "Chris and Eddy Show" 'cause I call edibles "eddys,' so I take an eddy and I do a show. -...
- These eddies are made with both fruits and veggies, and weed of course, with cozy flavor profiles like honey lemon and apple pie. - 2022 June 25, Amelia Williams, “America's yummiest THC gummies of summer 2022”, in...
- If you do end up bringing a couple eddies with you, try removing them from any packaging and passing them off as regular candy. Think ahead of time what dosage of edibles you’d like to bring and how high you’re trying...
Origin
Clipping of edible.
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Verb
- To form an eddy; to move in, or as if in, an eddy; to move in a circle.
- He waded out, the stream eddying around his legs.
- Eddying round and round they sink. - 1815, William Wordsworth, The Kitten and falling Leaves:
- Neither in his voiceless cabin, fragrant with planks of new-cut pine, nor along the lake, nor in the sunset clouds which presently eddied behind the lavender-misted mountains, could Babbitt find the spirit of Paul as a...