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eddy
a movement in a stream of air, water, or other fluid in which the current doubles back on itself causing a miniature whirlwind or whirlpool
Eddy
Mary Baker. 1821--1910, US religious leader; founder of the Christian Science movement (1866)
eddy [′ed·ē]
(fluid mechanics)
A vortexlike motion of a fluid running contrary to the main current.
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Between 1 May, when she stepped off the train, and 16 May, when she received Eddy Moore's letter containing the information that he had found her a post as stenographer in the office of Joe Rendal, it had changed Mary Hill quite remarkably.
The Man Upstairs and Other Stories by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context
They saw nothing but a strong eddy about three cables' length distant, as if the surface had been violently agitated.
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Jane and Josie both answered at once and the chatter drifted into a side eddy of fashions.
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