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Eddy

Eddy


Ed·dy     (ěd'ē)   

American religious leader who founded Christian Science (1879), the tenets of which she explained in Science and Health (1875). She also founded the Christian Science Monitor (1908), a daily newspaper.
ed·dy    Audio Help   (ěd'ē)   
n.   pl. ed·dies

  1. A current, as of water or air, moving contrary to the direction of the main current, especially in a circular motion.

  2. A drift or tendency that is counter to or separate from a main current, as of opinion, tradition, or history.

v.   ed·died, ed·dy·ing, ed·dies

v.   intr.
To move in or as if in an eddy. See Synonyms at turn.
v.   tr.
To cause to move in or as if in an eddy.

[Middle English ydy, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse idha.]
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