EYRE

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


Etymology

Noun

eyre (plural eyres)

(UK, legal, obsolete) A journey in circuit of certain itinerant judges called justices in eyre (or in itinere).

Anagrams

• Eyer, Reye, eery, eyer, y'ere, ye're, yeer, yere

Proper noun

Eyre

A surname.

Anagrams

• 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



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