EYAS

eyas

(noun) an unfledged or nestling hawk

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

eyas (plural eyases or eyasses)

A young hawk or falcon in the nest, or that has not yet fledged, especially one that will be trained for falconry.

Synonyms

• eyasmusket

Anagrams

• Ayes, Saye, Seay, ayes, easy, saye, yaes, yeas

Source: Wiktionary


Ey`as, n. Etym: [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.)

Definition: A nesting or unfledged Lird; in falconry, a young hawk from the nest, not able to pr Shak J. H. Walsh

Ey"as, a.

Definition: Unfledged, or newly fledged. [Obs.] Like eyas hawk up mounts unto the skies, His newly budded pinions assay. Spebser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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