As nouns the difference between ewre and eyre
is that
ewre is (rare) rust; oxide while
eyre is (uk|legal|obsolete) a journey in circuit of certain itinerant judges called
justices in eyre'' (or ''in itinere ).
ewre English
Noun
( en noun)
(rare) Rust; oxide.
*1634 , Lowe, Chirurg. :
- By the continuall sorting and telling of this coyne, then did enter of the ewre of that brasse and copper under the nails of her fingers.
*1881 , George Grant Francis, The Smelting of Copper in the Swansea District of South Wales :
- Wee are able to melt it w'th two fornises in the space of 40 weekes the quantitie of 560 tonne of ewre' if wee might have it, and if the ' ewre be clean and well sorted the mor copper it will yeld.
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eyre English
Derived terms
* Eyrean
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