The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Section D and E
Chapter 111
The extrinsic aids of education and of artificial culture.
I. Taylor.
2. (Anat.) Attached partly to an organ or limb and partly to some other part; -- said of certain groups of muscles. Opposed to intrinsic.
Ex*trin"sic*al (?), a. Extrinsic. -- Ex*trin"sic*al*ly(#), adv.
{ Ex*trin`si*cal"i*ty (?), Ex*trin"sic*al*ness (?), } n. The state or quality of being extrinsic.
Ex*tro"i*tive (?), a. [L. extra on the outside + ire, itum, to go.] Seeking or going out after external objects. [R.]
Their natures being almost wholly extroitive.
Coleridge.
Ex*tror"sal (?), a. (Bot.) Extrorse.
Ex*trorse" (?), a. [As if from an assumed L. extrorsus, for extroversus; extra on the outside + vertere, versum, to turn: cf. F. extrorse.] (Bot.) Facing outwards, or away from the axis of growth; -- said esp. of anthers occupying the outer side of the filament.
Ex`tro*ver"sion (?), n. [See Extrorse.] The condition of being turned wrong side out; as, extroversion of the bladder. Dunglison.
Ex*truct" (?), v. t. [L. extructus, exstructus, p. p. of extruere, exstruere, to build up; ex out + struere to build.] To construct. [Obs.] Byrom.
Ex*truc"tion (?), n. [L. exstructio.] A building up; construction. [Obs.] Cockeram.
Ex*truct"ive (?), a. Constructive. [Obs.] Fulke.
Ex*truct"or (?), n. [L.] A builder. [Obs.] Bailey.
Ex*trude" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extruded; p. pr. & vb. n. Extruding.] [L. extrudere, extrusum; ex out + trudere to thrust, akin to E. threat. See Threat.] To thrust out; to force, press, or push out; to expel; to drive off or away. "Parentheses thrown into notes or extruded to the margin." Coleridge.
Ex*tru"sion (?), n. The act of thrusting or pushing out; a driving out; expulsion.
Ex*tu"ber*ance (?), n. A swelling or rising; protuberance. [R.] Moxon.
Ex*tu"ber*an*cy (?), n. Extuberance. [R.]
Ex*tu"ber*ant (?), a. [L. extuberare.] Swollen out; protuberant. [R.] "Extuberant lips." Gayton.
Ex*tu"ber*ate (?), v. i. [L. extuberatus, p. pr. of extuberare to swell; ex out + tuber a swelling.] To swell out. [Obs.] Cockeram.
Ex*tu`ber*a"tion (?), n. [L. extuberatio.] Protuberance. [Obs.] Farindon.
Ex`tu*mes"cence (?), n. [L. ex. + tumescens, p. pr. of tumescere, incho. fr. tumere to swell: cf. F. extumescence.] A swelling or rising. [R.] Cotgrave.
Ex*u"ber*ance (?), n. [L. exuberantia: cf. F. exubérance.] The state of being exuberant; an overflowing quantity; a copious or excessive production or supply; superabundance; richness; as, an exuberance of joy, of fancy, or of foliage.
Syn. -- Abundance; superabundance; excess; plenty; copiousness; profusion; richness; overflow; overgrowth; rankness; wantonness. See Abundance.
Ex*u"ber*an*cy (?), n. Exuberance.
Ex*u"ber*ant (?), a. [L. exuberans, exuberantis, p. pr. of exuberare to be abundant; ex + uberare to be fruitful, fr. uber fruitful, fertile, uber udder: cf. F. exubérant. See Udder.] Characterized by abundance or superabundance; plenteous; rich; overflowing; copious or excessive in production; as, exuberant goodness; an exuberant intellect; exuberant foliage. "Exuberant spring." Thomson. -- Ex*u"ber*ant*ly, adv.
Ex*u"ber*ate (?), v. i. [L. exuberatus, p. p. of exuberare. See Exuberant, n.] To abound; to be in great abundance. [Obs.] Boyle.
Ex*uc"cous (?), a. See Exsuccous. [Obs.]
Ex*u"date (?), v. t. & i. [See Exude.] To exude. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Ex`u*da"tion (?), n. The act of exuding; sweating; a discharge of humors, moisture, juice, or gum, as through pores or incisions; also, the substance exuded.
Resins, a class of proximate principles, existing in almost all plants and appearing on the external surface of many of them in the form of exudations.
Am. Cyc.
Ex*ude" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exuded; p. pr. & vb. n. exuding.] [L. exudare, exsudare, exudatum, exsudatum, to sweat out; ex out + sudare to sweat: cf. F. exuder, exsuder. See Sweat.] To discharge through pores or incisions, as moisture or other liquid matter; to give out.
Our forests exude turpentine in . . . abundance.
Dr. T. Dwight.
Ex*ude", v. i. To flow from a body through the pores, or by a natural discharge, as juice.
Ex*ul"cer*ate (?), v. t. & i. [L. exulceratus, p. p. of exulcerare to make sore; ex out + ulcerare. See Ulcerate.] 1. To ulcerate. [Obs.] "To exulcerate the lungs." Evelyn.
2. To corrode; to fret; to chafe; to inflame. [Obs.]
Minds exulcerated in themselves.
Hooker.
Ex*ul"cer*ate (?), a. [L. exulceratus, p. p.] Very sore; ulcerated. [Obs.] Bacon.
Ex*ul`cer*a"tion (?), n. [L. exulceratio: cf. F. exulcération.] [Obs. or R.] 1. Ulceration. Quincy.
2. A fretting; a festering; soreness. Hooker.
Ex*ul"cer*a*tive (?), a. Tending to cause ulcers; exulceratory. Holland.
Ex*ul"cer*a*to*ry (?), a. [L. exulceratorius: cf. F. exulcératoire.] Having a tendency to form ulcers; rendering ulcerous.
Ex*ult" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Exulted; p. pr. & vb. n. Exulting.] [L. exultare, exsultare, exultatum, exsultatum, to leap vigorously, to exult, intens. fr. exsilire to spring out or up; ex out + salire to spring, leap: cf. F. exulter. See Salient.] To be in high spirits; figuratively, to leap for joy; to rejoice in triumph or exceedingly; to triumph; as, an exulting heart. "An exulting countenance." Bancroft.
The dumb shall sing, the lame his crutch forego, And leap exulting like the bounding roe.
Pope.
{ Ex*ult"ance (?), Ex*ult"an*cy (?), } n. [L. exsultantia.] Exultation. [Obs.] Burton. Hammond.
Ex*ult"ant (?), a. [L. exsultans, exsultantis, p. pr. of exsultare. See Exult.] Inclined to exult; characterized by, or expressing, exultation; rejoicing triumphantly.
Break away, exultant, from every defilement.
I. Tay;or.
Ex`ul*ta"tion (?; 277), n. [L. exsultatio: cf. F. exultation.] The act of exulting; lively joy at success or victory, or at any advantage gained; rapturous delight; triumph.
His bosom swelled with exultation.
Prescott.
Ex*ult"ing, a. Rejoicing triumphantly or exceedingly; exultant. -- Ex*ult"ing*ly, adv.
Ex*un"date (?), v. i. [L. exundatus, p. p. of exundare to overflow; ex out + undare. See Undated waved.] To overflow; to inundate. [Obs.] Bailey.
Ex`un*da"tion (?), n. [L. exundatio.] An overflow, or overflowing abundance. [R.] Ray.
Ex*un"gu*late (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exungulated(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Exungulating(?).] [L. exungulare to lose the hoof, ex out, from + ungula. See Ungula.] To pare off, as nails, the hoof, etc. [R.]
Ex*u"per*a*ble (?), a. [L. exuperabilis, exsuperabilis. See Exuperate.] Surmountable; superable. [Obs.] Johnson.
Ex*u"per*ance (?), n. [L. exuperantia, exsuperantia.] Superiority; superfluity. [Obs.] Sir K. Digby.
Ex*u"per*ant (?), a. [L. exuperans, exsuperans, p. pr.] Surpassing; exceeding; surmounting. [Obs.]
Ex*u"per*ate (?), v. t. [L. exuperatus, exsuperatus, p. p. of exuperare, exsuperare to excel; ex out + superare to go over, super above, over.] To excel; to surmount. [Obs.]
Ex*u`per*a"tion (?), n. [See Exurgent.] The act of rising or coming into view. [Obs.] Baxter.
Ex*ur"gent (?), a. [L. exurgens, exsurgens, p. pr. of exurgere, exsurgere, to rise up; ex out + surgere to rise.] Arising; coming to light. [Obs.]
Ex*us"ci*tate (?), v. t. See Exsuscitate [Obs.] T. Adams.
Ex*us"tion (?; 106), n. [L. exustio, fr. exurere, exustum, to burn up; ex out + urere to burn.] The act or operation of burning up. Bailey.
Ex*u"to*ry (?), n. [Cf. F. exutoire. See Exuv&?;e.] (Med.) An issue.
||Ex*u"vi*a (?), n. sing. of Exuviæ.
Ex*u`vi*a*bil"i*ty (?), n. Capability of shedding the skin periodically. Craig.
Ex*u"vi*a*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. exuviable.] Capable of being cast off in the form of exuviæ.
||Ex*u"vi*æ, n. pl. [L., fr. exuere to draw out or off, to pull off.] 1. (Zoöl) Cast skins, shells, or coverings of animals; any parts of animals which are shed or cast off, as the skins of snakes, the shells of lobsters, etc.
2. (Geol.) The fossil shells and other remains which animals have left in the strata of the earth.
Ex*u"vi*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to exuviæ. "Exuvial layers." "Exuvial deposits."
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Ex*u"vi*ate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Exuviated, p. pr. & vb. n. Exuviating.] (&?;) [From Exuviae.] (Zoöl.) To shed an old covering or condition preliminary to taking on a new one; to molt.
There is reason to suppose that very old crayfish do not exuviate every year.
Huxley.
Ex*u`vi*a"tion (?), n. (Zoöl.) The rejecting or casting off of some part, more particularly, the outer cuticular layer, as the shells of crustaceans, skins of snakes, etc.; molting; ecdysis.
Ex`-vo"to (?), n.; pl. Ex-votos (-töz). [L. ex out of, in accordance with + voto, abl. of votum a vow.] An offering to a church in fulfillment of a vow.
Ey (?), n.[AS. g. Cf.Eyot.] An island. [Obs.]
Ey, n.; pl. Eyren (&?;). See Egg. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Ey, An interj. of wonder or inquiry. [Obs.] Chaucer.
E`ya*let" (?), n. [Turk., fr. Ar. iylah.] Formerly, one of the administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire; -- now called a vilayet.
Ey`as (?), n. [F. niais fresh from the nest, a derivative fr. L. nidus nest. E. an eyas for a nias. See Nest, and cf. Nias, Jashawk.] (Zoöl.) A nesting or unfledged bird; in falconry, a young hawk from the nest, not able to prey for itself. Shak J. H. Walsh
Ey"as, a. Unfledged, or newly fledged. [Obs.]
Like eyas hawk up mounts unto the skies, His newly budded pinions to assay.
Spebser.
Ey"as*mus`ket (?), n. [Eyas + muske the brid.] An unfledged or young male sparrow hawk. [Obs.] Shak.
Eye (), n. [Prob. fr. nye, an eye being for a nye. See Nye.] (Zoöl.) A brood; as, an eye of pheasants.
Eye (), n. [OE. eghe, eighe, eie, eye, AS. eáge; akin to OFries. ge, OS. ga, D. oog, Ohg. ouga, G. auge, Icel. auga, Sw. öga, Dan. öie, Goth. aug; cf. OSlav. oko, Lith. akis, L. okulus, Gr. 'o`kkos, eye, 'o`sse, the two eyes, Skr. akshi. √10, 212. Cf. Diasy, Ocular, Optic, Eyelet, Ogle.] 1. The organ of sight or vision. In man, and the vertebrates generally, it is properly the movable ball or globe in the orbit, but the term often includes the adjacent parts. In most invertebrates the eyes are immovable ocelli, or compound eyes made up of numerous ocelli. See Ocellus.
Description of illustration: a b Conjunctiva; c Cornea; d Sclerotic; e Choroid; f Cillary Muscle; g Cillary Process; h Iris; i Suspensory Ligament; k Prosterior Aqueous Chamber between h and i; l Anterior Aqueous Chamber; m Crystalline Lens; n Vitreous Humor; o Retina; p Yellow spot; q Center of blind spot; r Artery of Retina in center of the Optic Nerve.
The essential parts of the eye are inclosed in a tough outer coat, the sclerotic, to which the muscles moving it are attached, and which in front changes into the transparent cornea. A little way back of cornea, the crystalline lens is suspended, dividing the eye into two unequal cavities, a smaller one in front filled with a watery fluid, the aqueous humor, and larger one behind filled with a clear jelly, the vitreous humor. The sclerotic is lined with a highly pigmented membrane, the choroid, and this is turn is lined in the back half of the eyeball with the nearly transparent retina, in which the fibers of the optic nerve ramify. The choroid in front is continuous with the iris, which has a contractile opening in the center, the pupil, admitting light to the lens which brings the rays to a focus and forms an image upon the retina, where the light, falling upon delicate structures called rods and cones, causes them to stimulate the fibres of the optic nerve to transmit visual impressions to the brain.
2. The faculty of seeing; power or range of vision; hence, judgment or taste in the use of the eye, and in judging of objects; as, to have the eye of a sailor; an eye for the beautiful or picturesque.
3. The action of the organ of sight; sight, look; view; ocular knowledge; judgment; opinion.
In my eye, she is the sweetest lady that I looked on.
Shak.
4. The space commanded by the organ of sight; scope of vision; hence, face; front; the presence of an object which is directly opposed or confronted; immediate presence.
We shell express our duty in his eye.
Shak.
Her shell your hear disproved to her eyes.
Shak.
5. Observation; oversight; watch; inspection; notice; attention; regard. "Keep eyes upon her." Shak.
Booksellers . . . have an eye to their own advantage.
Addison.
6. That which resembles the organ of sight, in form, position, or appearance; as: (a) (Zoöl.) The spots on a feather, as of peacock. (b) The scar to which the adductor muscle is attached in oysters and other bivalve shells; also, the adductor muscle itself, esp. when used as food, as in the scallop. (c) The bud or sprout of a plant or tuber; as, the eye of a potato. (d) The center of a target; the bull's-eye. (e) A small loop to receive a hook; as, hooks and eyes on a dress. (f) The hole through the head of a needle. (g) A loop forming part of anything, or a hole through anything, to receive a rope, hook, pin, shaft, etc.; as, an eye at the end of a tie bar in a bridge truss; an eye through a crank; an eye at the end of rope. (h) The hole through the upper millstone.
7. That which resembles the eye in relative importance or beauty. "The very eye of that proverb." Shak.
Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts.
Milton.
8. Tinge; shade of color. [Obs.]
Red with an eye of blue makes a purple.
Boyle.
By the eye, in abundance. [Obs.] Marlowe. -- Elliott eye (Naut.), a loop in a hemp cable made around a thimble and served. -- Eye agate, a kind of circle agate, the central parts of which are of deeper tints than the rest of the mass. Brande & C. -- Eye animalcule (Zoöl), a flagellate infusorian belonging to Euglena and related genera; -- so called because it has a colored spot like an eye at one end. -- Eye doctor, an oculist. -- Eye of a volute (Arch.), the circle in the center of volute. -- Eye of day, Eye of the morning, Eye of heaven, the sun. "So gently shuts the eye of day." Mrs. Barbauld. -- Eye of a ship, the foremost part in the bows of a ship, where, formerly, eyes were painted; also, the hawser holes. Ham. Nav. Encyc. -- Half an eye, very imperfect sight; a careless glance; as, to see a thing with half an eye; often figuratively. "Those who have but half an eye." B. Jonson. -- To catch one's eye, to attract one's notice. -- To find favor in the eyes (of), to be graciously received and treated. -- To have an eye to, to pay particular attention to; to watch. "Have an eye to Cinna." Shak. -- To keep an eye on, to watch. -- To set the eyes on, to see; to have a sight of. -- In the eye of the wind (Naut.), in a direction opposed to the wind; as, a ship sails in the eye of the wind.
Eye (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eyed (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Eying or Eyeing.] To fix the eye on; to look on; to view; to observe; particularly, to observe or watch narrowly, or with fixed attention; to hold in view.
Eye me, blest Providence, and square my trial To my proportioned strength.
Milton.
Eye, v. i. To appear; to look. [Obs.]
My becomings kill me, when they do not Eye well to you.
Shak.
Eye"ball` (?), n. The ball or globe of the eye.
Eye"bar` (?), n. (Engin.) A bar with an eye at one or both ends.
Eye"beam` (?), n. A glance of the eye. Shak.
Eye"bolt` (?), n. (Mach.) A bolt with a looped head, or an opening in the head.
Eye"bright` (?), n. (Bot.) A small annual plant (Euphrasia officinalis), formerly much used as a remedy for diseases of the eye.
Eye"brow` (?), n. The brow or hairy arch above the eye. Shak.
Eye"cup` (?), n. A small oval porcelain or glass cup, having a rim curved to fit the orbit of the eye. it is used in the application of liquid remedies to eyes; -- called also eyeglass.
Eyed (?), a. Heaving (such or so many) eyes; -- used in composition; as, sharp-eyed; dull- eyed; sad-eyed; ox-eyed Juno; myriad- eyed.
Eye"drop" (?), n. A tear. [Poetic] Shak.
Eye"flap" (?), n. A blinder on a horse's bridle.
Eye"ful (?), a. Filling or satisfying the eye; visible; remarkable. [Obs.] "Eyeful trophies." Chapman.
Eye"glance` (?), n. A glance of eye.
Eye"glass` (?), n. 1. A lens of glass to assist the sight. Eyeglasses are used singly or in pairs.
2. Eyepiece of a telescope, microscope, etc.
3. The retina. [Poetic]
4. A glass eyecup. See Eyecup.
Eye"hole` (?), n. A circular opening to recive a hook, cord, ring, or rope; an eyelet.
Eye"lash` (?), n. 1. The fringe of hair that edges the eyelid; -- usually in the pl.
2. A hair of the fringe on the edge of the eyelid.
Eye"less` (?), a. Without eyes; blind. "Eyeless rage." Shak.
Eye"let` (?), n. [F. illet, dim. of il eye, fr. L. oculus. See Eye, and cf. Oillet.] 1. A small hole or perforation to receive a cord or fastener, as in garments, sails, etc.
2. A metal ring or grommet, or short metallic tube, the ends of which can be bent outward and over to fasten it in place; -- used to line an eyelet hole.
Eyelet hole, a hole made for an eyelet. -- Eyelet punch, a machine for punching eyelet holes and fastening eyelets, as in paper or cloth. -- Eyelet ring. See Eyelet, 2.
Eye`let*eer" (?), n. A small, sharp-pointed instrument used in piercing eyelet holes; a stiletto.
Eye`lid" (?), n. (Anat.) The cover of the eye; that portion of movable skin with which an animal covers or uncovers the eyeball at pleasure.
Ey"en (?), n. pl. Eyes. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.
Eye"piece` (?), n. (Opt.) The lens, or combination of lenses, at the eye end of a telescope or other optical instrument, through which the image formed by the mirror or object glass is viewed.
Collimating eyepiece. See under Collimate. -- Negative, or Huyghenian, eyepiece, an eyepiece consisting of two plano-convex lenses with their curved surfaces turned toward the object glass, and separated from each other by about half the sum of their focal distances, the image viewed by the eye being formed between the two lenses. it was devised by Huyghens, who applied it to the telescope. Campani applied it to the microscope, whence it is sometimes called Campani's eyepiece. -- Positive eyepiece, an eyepiece consisting of two plano-convex lenses placed with their curved surfaces toward each other, and separated by a distance somewhat less than the focal distance of the one nearest eye, the image of the object viewed being beyond both lenses; -- called also, from the name of the inventor, Ramsden's eyepiece. -- terrestrial, or Erecting eyepiece, an eyepiece used in telescopes for viewing terrestrial objects, consisting of three, or usually four, lenses, so arranged as to present the image of the object viewed in an erect position.
Ey"er (?), n. One who eyes another. Gayton.
Eye"reach` (?), n. The range or reach of the eye; eyeshot. "A seat in eyereach of him." B. Jonson.
Eye"-saint` (?), n. An object of interest to the eye; one worshiped with the eyes. [Obs.]
That's the eye-saint, I know, Among young gallants.
Beau. & Fl.
Eye"salve` (?), n. Ointment for the eye.
Eye"serv`ant (?), n. A servant who attends faithfully to his duty only when watched.
Eye"serv`ice (?), n. Service performed only under inspection, or the eye of an employer.
Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers.
Col. iii. 22.
Eye"shot` (?), n. Range, reach, or glance of the eye; view; sight; as, to be out of eyeshot. Dryden.
Eye"sight` (?), n. Sight of the eye; the sense of seeing; view; observation.
Josephus sets this down from his own eyesight.
Bp. Wilkins.
Eye"sore` (?), n. Something offensive to the eye or sight; a blemish.
Mordecai was an eyesore to Haman.
L'Estrange.
Eye"-splice` (?), n. (Naut.) A splice formed by bending a rope's end back, and fastening it into the rope, forming a loop or eye. See Illust. under Splice.
Eye"-spot` (?), n. (Zoöl.) (a) A simple visual organ found in many invertebrates, consisting of pigment cells covering a sensory nerve termination. (b) An eyelike spot of color.
Eye"-spot`ted (?), a. Marked with spots like eyes.
Juno's bird, in her eye-spotted train.
Spenser.
Eye"stalk` (?), n. (Zoöl.) One of the movable peduncles which, in the decapod Crustacea, bear the eyes at the tip.
Eye"stone` ("stn`), n. 1. A small, lenticular, calcareous body, esp. an operculum of a small marine shell of the family Turbinidæ, used to remove a foreign substance from the eye. It is put into the inner corner of the eye under the lid, and allowed to work its way out at the outer corner, bringing with it the substance.
2. (Min.) Eye agate. See under Eye.
Eye"string` (?), n. The tendon by which the eye is moved. Shak.
Ey"et (?), n. An island. See Eyot.
Eye"tooth ("tth`), n.; pl. Eyeteeth ("tth`) (Anat.) A canine tooth of the upper jaw. See Teeth.
To cut one's eyeteeth, to become acute or knowing. [Colloq.]
Eye"wash (?), n. See Eyewater.
Eye"wa`ter (?), n. (Med.) A wash or lotion for application to the eyes.
Eye"wink` (?), n. A wink; a token. Shak.
Eye"wink`er (?), n. An eyelash. [A child's word.]
Eye"wit`ness (?), n. One who sees a thing done; one who has ocular view of anything.
We . . . were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
2 Pet. i. 16.
Ey"ghen (?), n. pl. Eyes. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Eyght (t), n. An island. See Eyot.
Eyle (l) v. t. & i. To ail. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Ey"li*ad (?), n. See iliad.
{ Eyne (?), or Ey"en (?) }, n. Plural of eye; -- now obsolete, or used only in poetry. Shak.
With such a plaintive gaze their eyne Are fastened upwardly on mine.
Mrs. Browning.
Ey"ot ("t or t), n. [Ey (AS. g or Icel. ey) + F. dim. termination -ot; cf. AS. geoð. See Island, and cf. Ait.] A little island in a river or lake. See Ait. [Written also ait, ayt, ey, eyet, and eyght.] Blackstone.
Eyr (âr), n. [See Air.] Air. [Obs.] Chaucer.
||Ey"ra (?), 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.
Eyre (âr), 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).
They were itinerant judges, who rode the circuit, holding courts in the different counties.
Ey"ren (?), n. pl. See Ey, an egg.
{ Ey"rie, Ey"ry ("r or "r; 277) }, n.; pl. Ey"ries (-rz). [See Aerie] The nest of a bird of prey or other large bird that builds in a lofty place; aerie.
The eagle and the stork On cliffs and cedar tops their eyries build.
Milton.
Ey"sell (?), n. Same as Eisel. [Obs.] Shak.