Bald eagle

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• Bald

  ·adj Destitute of the natural covering. II. Bald ·adj <<Undisguised>>. III. Bald ·adj Destitute of...

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• Eagle

  ·noun A gold coin of the United States, of the value of ten dollars. II. Eagle ·noun A northern con...

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• Eagle

  (Herb. nesher; properly the griffon vulture or great vulture, so called from its tearing its prey wi...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• eagle

  n. There are nine species of the trueEagle, all confined to the genus Haliaetus, such as the Baldhe...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• eagle

  A gold coin of the United States, of the value of ten dollars. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• eagle

  I. The insignia of the Romans, borrowed also by moderns, as Frederic of Prussia and Napoleon. Also...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Eagle

  (Heb. nesher, i.e. a tearer with the beak). At least four distinct kinds of eagles have been observe...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Bald-faced

  ·adj Having a white face or a white mark on the face, as a stag. ...

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• bald-coot

  n. a bird-name, Porphyriomelanotus, Temm.; Blue, P. bellus, Gould. TheEuropean bald-coot is Fulica ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• Bold eagle

  ·- an Australian eagle (Aquila audax), which destroys lambs and even the kangaroo. ...

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• Eagle-eyed

  ·adj Sharp-sighted as an <<Eagle>>. ...

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• Eagle-sighted

  ·adj Farsighted and strong-sighted; sharp-sighted. ...

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• Eagle-winged

  ·adj Having the wings of an eagle; swift, or soaring high, like an <<Eagle>>. ...

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• Gier-eagle

  ·noun A bird referred to in the Bible (Lev. xi. 18and Deut. xiv. 17) as unclean, probably the Egypti...

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• Sea eagle

  ·- The eagle ray. ·see under <<Ray>>. II. Sea eagle ·- Any one of several species of fish-eating ea...

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• Spread-eagle

  ·adj Characterized by a pretentious, boastful, exaggerated style; defiantly or extravagantly bombast...

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• Water eagle

  ·- The <<Osprey>>. ...

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• Gier eagle

  Heb. raham = "parental affection," Lev. 11:18; Deut. 14:17; R.V., "vulture"), a species of vulture l...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Eagle Court

  South from Little St. Thomas Apostles to Great St. Thomas Apostles (Strype, ed. 1720 and 1755). In C...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• spread eagle

  A soldier tied to the halberts in order to be whipped; his attitude bearing some likeness to that fi...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• eagle-hawking

  n. bush slang: plucking wool offdead sheep. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• eagle-ray

  n. name belonging to any large Ray of the family Myliobatidae; the New Zealandspecies is Myliobatis...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• double eagle

  A gold coin of the United States, of 10 dollars; value £2, 1 s. 8 d., at the average rate of exchang...

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• sea-eagle

  A large ray-fish with a pair of enormous fins stretching out from either side of the body, and a lon...

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• spread eagle

  A person seized in the rigging; generally a passenger thus made to pay his entrance forfeit. ...

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• The Black Spread Eagle

  Or Stationers House against St. Dunstan's Church, in Fleet Street, 1653 (H. MSS. Com. 7th Rep. 459)....

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Spread Eagle Court

  1) West out of Chancery Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without,. north of Fleet Street (O. and M. 1677). ...

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• Black Spread Eagle Court

  1) In Finch Lane, Cornhill (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps. 2) East out of Bread St...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Eagle and Child Alley

  East out of Shoe Lane at No. 39 to Fleet Market at No. 61, in Farringdon Ward Without (Elmes, 1831)....

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Eagle and Child Court

  West of Panier Ally, in Farringdon Ward Within (Strype, ed. 1720 and 1755). No later mention. ...

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• Spread Eagle Inn and Yard

  On the east side of Gracechurch Street, with a passage into Leadenhall Market. In Bishopsgate Ward W...

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• Eagle and Child Alley, St. Katherine's

  See Bleek's [Black's Rents?] Rents. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.