eddy-windn.

Forms: see eddy n. and wind n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: eddy n., wind n.¹

Etymology: < eddy n. + wind n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈeddy-wind.

A wind that moves in an eddy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > blowing > circular movement

eddy-wind1626

eddy-breeze1799

1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 17 A gust, a storme..an eddy wind.

1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 19 Men..that are weather-waft up and down with every eddy-wind of every new Doctrine.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 64 Chaff with eddy Winds is whirl'd around.

1715 J. T. Desaguliers tr. N. Gauger Fires Improv'd 152 Such Eddy-Winds blow from the South when we have them here at London.

1790 Coll. Voy. round World IV. i. 1223 There is..an eddy wind at S.W.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. (at cited word) The eddy-wind of a sail escaping in a curve makes the sail abaft shiver.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	eddy-wind
释义	eddy-windn. Forms: see eddy n. and wind n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: eddy n., wind n.¹ Etymology: < eddy n. + wind n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈeddy-wind. A wind that moves in an eddy. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > blowing > circular movement eddy-wind1626 eddy-breeze1799 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 17 A gust, a storme..an eddy wind. 1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 19 Men..that are weather-waft up and down with every eddy-wind of every new Doctrine. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 64 Chaff with eddy Winds is whirl'd around. View more context for this quotation 1715 J. T. Desaguliers tr. N. Gauger Fires Improv'd 152 Such Eddy-Winds blow from the South when we have them here at London. 1790 Coll. Voy. round World IV. i. 1223 There is..an eddy wind at S.W. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. (at cited word) The eddy-wind of a sail escaping in a curve makes the sail abaft shiver. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1626
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