Eyre, Lake Eyre
(noun) a shallow salt lake in south central Australia about 35 feet below sea level; the largest lake in the country and the lowest point on the continent
Source: WordNet® 3.1
eyre (plural eyres)
(UK, legal, obsolete) A journey in circuit of certain itinerant judges called justices in eyre (or in itinere).
• Eyer, Reye, eery, eyer, y'ere, ye're, yeer, yere
Eyre
A surname.
• Eyer, Reye, eery, eyer, y'ere, ye're, yeer, yere
Source: Wiktionary
Eyre, n. Etym: [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)
Definition: A journey in circuit of certain judges called justices in eyre (or in itinere).
Note: They were itinerant judges, who rode the circuit, holding courts in the different counties.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.