Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter E - Page 76

Eyewash (n.) See Eyewater.

Eyewash (n.) Lotion consisting of a solution used as a cleanser for the eyes [syn: eye-lotion, eyewash, collyrium].

Eyewater (n.) (Med.) A wash or lotion for application to the eyes.

Eyewink (n.) A wink; a token. -- Shak.

Eyewinker (n.) An eyelash. [A child's word.]

Eyewitness (n.) One who sees a thing done; one who has ocular view of anything.

We . . . were eyewitnesses of his majesty. -- 2 Pet. i. 16.

Eyewitness (n.) A spectator who can describe what happened.

Eyewitness (v.) Be present at an event and see it with one's own eyes.

Eyghen (n. pl.) Eyes. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.

Eyght (n.) An island. See Eyot.

Compare: Eyot

Eyot (n.) A little island in a river or lake. See Ait. [Written also ait, ayt, ey, eyet, and eyght.] -- Blackstone.

Eyle (v. t. & i.) To ail. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.

Eyliad (n.) See [OE]iliad. Eyne

Eyne (n.) Alt. of Eyen.

Eyen (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.

Eyot (n.) A little island in a river or lake. See Ait. [Written also ait, ayt, ey, eyet, and eyght.] -- Blackstone.

Eyr (n.) Air. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.

Eyra (n.) (Zo["o]l.) 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.

Eyra (n.) Long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat [syn: jaguarundi, jaguarundi cat, jaguarondi, eyra, Felis yagouaroundi].

Eyre (n.) 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.

Eyre (n.) 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 [syn: Eyre, Lake Eyre].

Compare: Ey

Ey (n.; pl. Eyren.) See Egg. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.

Eyren (n. pl.) See Ey, an egg. Eyrie

Ey"ries (n. pl. ) of Eyry.

Eyrie (n.) Alt. of Eyry.

Eyry (n.) 捕食性鳥類之巢 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.

Eysell (n.) Same as Eisel. [Obs.] -- Shak.

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