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▪ I. eddying, vbl. n.|ˈɛdɪɪŋ|
[f. prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. eddy: moving in circles, whirling. In quots. transf. and fig.
1817Coleridge Biog. Lit. 220 An eddying instead of progression of thought. 1830Tennyson Ode to Memory ii, The eddying of her garments caught from thee The light of thy great presence. 1886Athenæum 10 July 39/1 The twistings and eddyings of the political current.
▪ II. ˈeddying, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + ing2.]
Moving in eddies; full of eddies.
1837Hawthorne Twice-told T. (1851) II. ix. 127 The eddying wind has kept them [the roofs] bare at the bleak corners. 1870Bryant Iliad I. v. 158 From Lycia where the eddying Xanthus runs. 1873H. Spencer Stud. Sociol. i. 16 The eddying vapours..had been mingling..in endless ways. |