Eager

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Sharp; sour; acid.

II. Eager ·adj Sharp; keen; bitter; severe.

III. Eager ·adj Brittle; inflexible; not ductile.

IV. Eager ·noun ·same·as Eagre.

V. Eager ·adj Excited by desire in the pursuit of any object; ardent to pursue, perform, or obtain; keenly desirous; hotly longing; earnest; zealous; impetuous; vehement; as, the hounds were eager in the chase.