Eddying

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The motion of an eddy.

    "If you question a seaman on the subject, whether mere coaster or circumnavigator, he will tell you that in a snow-storm, because of its constant eddyings and gyrations, frequent trimming of sails is more necessary than in any other gale[…]"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of eddy form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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adoagitationbackback streambackflowbackwash

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"Far off is seen, above the billowy mere, / Trinacrian AEtna, and the distant roar / of ocean and the beaten rocks we hear, / and the loud burst of breakers on the shore; / high from the shallows leap the surges hoar, / and surf and sand mix eddying."

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