eddying

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of eddy

noun

1. The motion of an eddy.

   “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[…]”

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