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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
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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
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eagle
A gold coin of the United States, of the value of ten dollars.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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eagle
I.
The insignia of the Romans, borrowed also by moderns, as Frederic of Prussia and Napoleon. Also...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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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
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Eyed
·Impf & ·p.p. of <<Eye>>.
II. Eyed ·adj Heaving (such or so many) eyes;
— used in composition; as ...
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Bald eagle
·- The white-headed eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) of America. The young, until several years old,...
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Bold eagle
·- an Australian eagle (Aquila audax), which destroys lambs and even the kangaroo.
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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
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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.
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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
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eagle-hawking
n.
bush slang: plucking wool offdead sheep.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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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
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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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Argus-eyed
·adj Extremely observant; watchful; sharp-sighted.
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Bird-eyed
·adj Quick-sighted; catching a glance as one goes.
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Black-eyed
·adj Having black eyes.
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Blear-eyed
·adj Having sore eyes; having the eyes dim with rheum; dim-sighted.
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Blink-eyed
·adj Habitually winking.
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Blue-eyed
·adj Having blue eyes.
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Buck-eyed
·adj Having bad or speckled eyes.
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Cat-eyed
·adj Having eyes like a cat; hence, able to see in the dark.
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Cross-eyed
·adj Affected with strabismus; squint-eyed; squinting.
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Double-eyed
·adj Having a deceitful look.
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Dove-eyed
·adj Having eyes like a dove; meekeyed; as, dove-eyed Peace.
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Dry-eyed
·adj Not having tears in the eyes.
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Dull-eyed
·adj Having eyes wanting brightness, liveliness, or vivacity.
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Evil-eyed
·adj Possessed of the supposed evil eye; also, looking with envy, jealousy, or bad design; malicious...
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Frog-eyed
·add. ·adj Spotted with whitish specks due to a disease, or produced artificially by spraying;
— sa...
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Goggle-eyed
·adj Having prominent and distorted or rolling eyes.
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Green-eyed
·adj Having green eyes.
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Hawk-eyed
·adj Having a keen eye; sharpsighted; discerning.
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Lynx-eyed
·adj Having acute sight.
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Mole-eyed
·adj Having eyes like those of the mole; having imperfect sight.
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Moon-eyed
·adj Having eyes affected by the moon; moonblind; dim-eyed; purblind.
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Mope-eyed
·adj Shortsighted; purblind.
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Night-eyed
·adj Capable of seeing at night; sharp-eyed.
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Open-eyed
·adj With eyes widely open; watchful; vigilant.
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Owl-eyed
·adj Having eyes like an owl's.
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Pearl-eyed
·adj Having a pearly speck in the eye; afflicted with the cataract.
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Pig-eyed
·adj Having small, deep-set eyes.
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Pin-eyed
·adj Having the stigma visible at the throad of a gamopetalous corolla, while the stamens are concea...
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Pink-eyed
·adj Having small eyes.
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Sessile-eyed
·adj Having eyes which are not elevated on a stalk;
— opposed to stalk-eyed.
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Squint-eyed
·adj Having eyes that quint; having eyes with axes not coincident; cross-eyed.
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Stalk-eyed
·adj Having the eyes raised on a stalk, or peduncle;
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Swivel-eyed
·adj Squint-eyed.
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Thrum-eyed
·adj Having the anthers raised above the stigma, and visible at the throat of the corolla, as in lon...
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Wall-eyed
·adj Having an eye of a very light gray or whitish color.
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Yellow-eyed
·adj Having yellow eyes.
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gimblet-eyed
Squinting, either in man or woman.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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gooseberry-eyed
One with dull grey eyes, like boiled gooseberries.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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gravy-eyed
Blear-eyed, one whose eyes have a running humour.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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swivel-eyed
Squinting.
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wapper-eyed
Sore-eyed.
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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.
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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-eyed Susan
·add. ·- The bladder ketmie.
II. Black-eyed Susan ·add. ·- The coneflower, or yellow daisy (Rudbeck...
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Blue-eyed grass
·- a grasslike plant (Sisyrinchium anceps), with small flowers of a delicate blue color.
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moon-eyed hen
A squinting wench.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cock-eyed bob
a local slang term in Western Australiafor a thunderstorm.
1894. `The Age,' Jan. 20, p. 13, col. 4:...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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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.
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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.
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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.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.