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Eyrie vs Eyre - What's the difference?

eyrie | eyre |

As nouns the difference between eyrie and eyre

is that eyrie is a bird of prey's nest while eyre is (uk|legal|obsolete) a journey in circuit of certain itinerant judges called justices in eyre'' (or ''in itinere ).

eyrie

English

Alternative forms

* eyry, aerie, aery

Noun

(en noun)
  • A bird of prey's nest.
  • * {{quote-book, passage=The methods employed to ascend to the nest of a bird of prey depend, in each instance, upon its site. If the nest is in a tree, a man can climb up and, having put the young ones in a basket, carry them home. If, however, the eyrie is built in the fissure of a lofty rock, a man is secured to the end of a rope and descends or is lowered from the rim of the mountain or cliff to the level of the hollow in which the eyrie is built and, entering, lifts the bird from the nest.
    • , pageurl=http://books.google.ca/books?id=TccPuWKAxBkC&pg=PA129&dq=eyrie+-intitle:eyrie&hl=en&sa=X&ei=I0y5T6izJaf8iQKvqPTXDw&redir_esc=y
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    • , title=The Art of Falconry , author=Casey A. Wood, F. Marjorie Fyfe , by=Frederick II of Hohenstaufen , volume=2 , chapter=How to reach the eyrie , page=129 , year=1943 , isbn=0-8047-0374-4}}
  • Any high and remote but commanding place.

    • eyre

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (surname)

    • Derived terms

    * Eyrean