eddying

eddying

English

Verb

eddying

1. present participle of eddy

Noun

eddying (plural eddyings)

1. The motion of an eddy.
   • 1881, Symon's monthly meteorological magazine (page 59)

     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 […]

   • 1934, George Orwell, chapter 22, in Burmese Days‎:

     At last, more from the natural eddying of the crowd than by his own effort, he found himself flung out into the open.

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• yedding