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- English Word Eagle Definition Any large, rapacious bird of the Falcon family, esp. of the genera Aquila and Haliaeetus. The eagle is remarkable for strength, size, graceful figure, keenness of vision, and extraordinary flight. The most noted species are the golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetus); the imperial eagle of Europe (A. mogilnik / imperialis); the American bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus); the European sea eagle (H. albicilla); and the great harpy eagle (Thrasaetus harpyia). The figure of the eagle, as the king of birds, is commonly used as an heraldic emblem, and also for standards and emblematic devices. See Bald eagle, Harpy, and Golden eagle.
- English Word Eagle-eyed Definition Sharp-sighted as an eagle.
- English Word Eagle-sighted Definition Farsighted and strong-sighted; sharp-sighted.
- English Word Eagle-winged Definition Having the wings of an eagle; swift, or soaring high, like an eagle.
- English Word Eagless Definition A female or hen eagle.
- English Word Eaglestone Definition A concretionary nodule of clay ironstone, of the size of a walnut or larger, so called by the ancients, who believed that the eagle transported these stones to her nest to facilitate the laying of her eggs; aetites.
- English Word Eaglet Definition A young eagle, or a diminutive eagle.
- English Word Eaglewood Definition A kind of fragrant wood. See Agallochum.
- English Word Eagrass Definition See Eddish.
- English Word Eagre Definition A wave, or two or three successive waves, of great height and violence, at flood tide moving up an estuary or river; -- commonly called the bore. See Bore.
- English Word Ealderman Definition Alt. of Ealdorman
- English Word Ealdorman Definition An alderman.
- English Word Eale Definition Ale.
- English Word Eame Definition Uncle.
- English Word Ean Definition To bring forth, as young; to yean.
- English Word Eanling Definition A lamb just brought forth; a yeanling.
- English Word Ear Definition Same as Acroterium.
- English Word Ear Definition The sense of hearing; the perception of sounds; the power of discriminating between different tones; as, a nice ear for music; -- in the singular only.
- English Word Ear Definition The organ of hearing; the external ear.
- English Word Ear Definition That which resembles in shape or position the ear of an animal; any prominence or projection on an object, -- usually one for support or attachment; a lug; a handle; as, the ears of a tub, a skillet, or dish. The ears of a boat are outside kneepieces near the bow. See Illust. of Bell.