[f. prec. + -ING1.] The action of the vb. EDDY: moving in circles, whirling. In quots. transf. and fig.
1817. Coleridge, Biog. Lit., II. 151. An eddying instead of progression of thought.
1830. Tennyson, Ode to Mem., ii. The eddying of her garments caught from thee The light of thy great presence.
1886. Athenæum, 10 July, 39/1. The twistings and eddyings of the political current.
