Hypertext Webster Gateway: "eyry"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Eyrie \Ey"rie\, Eyry \Ey"ry\ ([=a]"r[y^] or [=e]"r[y^]; 277),
n.; pl. {Ey"ries} (-r[i^]z). [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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

eyry
n 1: the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle)
[syn: {aerie}, {aery}, {eyrie}]
2: any habitation at a high altitude [syn: {aerie}, {aery}, {eyrie}]


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