EYRE, [=a]r, _n._ a journey or circuit: a court of itinerant
justices.--JUSTICES IN EYRE, itinerant judges who went on circuit. [O. Fr.
_eire_, journey, from L. _iter_, a way, a journey--_[=i]re_, _itum_, to
go.]
EYRY, EYRIE, old spellings of _aerie_.
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F the sixth letter in the English and Latin alphabets--its sound called a
labio-dental fricative, and formed by bringing the lower lip into contact
with the upper teeth: (_mus._) the fourth note of the natural diatonic
scale of C: as a medieval Roman numeral=40; [=F]=40,000.--THE THREE F'S,
fair rent, fixity of tenure, and free sale.
FA', fä, _v._ and _n._ a Scotch form of _fall_.
FA'ARD, färd, _adj._ a Scotch form of _favoured_.