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.