n. [ See Air. ] Air. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ Native South American name. ] (Zoöl.) A wild cat (Felis eyra) ranging from southern Brazil to Texas. It is reddish yellow and about the size of the domestic cat, but with a more slender body and shorter legs.
n. [ OF. erre journey, march, way, fr. L. iter, itineris, a going, way, fr. the root of ire to go. Cf. Errant, Itinerant, Issue. ] (O. Eng. Law) A journey in circuit of certain judges called justices in eyre (or in itinere). [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ They were itinerant judges, who rode the circuit, holding courts in the different counties. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. pl. See Ey, an egg.
The eagle and the stork
On cliffs and cedar tops their eyries build. Milton. [1913 Webster]