eagle 
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ear 
the jaws are paved with rows of hexagonal teeth, thi- in<- 
dian of which are of much greater breadth than length. 
2. Any ray of the family Myliobatidce. These 
rpys are immensely broad, owing to the development of 
the pectoral mis, and have a long, flexible tail, armed with 
one or more serrated spines. They inhabit for the most 
part tropical or warm seas. 
eagle-sighted (e'gl-si'ted), a. Having strong 
sight, as an eagle. 
What peremptory eagle-righted eye 
Dares look upon the neaven of her brow, 
That Is not blinded by her majesty? 
Shalt., L. L. L., iv. 3. 
Bald Eaglet Haltaitui 
calumet. Fishing-eagle. Same as otprey. Golden 
eagle. See def. l. Order of the Black Eagle, a Prus 
siun order founded by Frederick I. in 1701. Ihe number 
of knights is limited to 30, exclusive of the princes of 
blood royal, and all must be of unquestioned nobility. 
The badge is a cross of 8 points, having in the center a 
circle with the monogram KR (for Fredericus Hex) ; the 
four arms are enameled red, with the eagle of Prussia in 
black enamel between each two arms. The ribbon Is 
orange, but on occasions of ceremony the badge Is worn 
pendent to a collar, consisting alternately of black eagles 
holding thunderbolts, and medallions bearing the same 
monogram as the badge ami also the monogram " Suum 
cuique." Order Of the Red Eagle (formerly Order of 
pret.*e<J!(=Icel. auka = Goth, aukan), increase, 
found only in the pp. edcen : see eke. Cf. the 
equiv. yean, which differs from ean only In the 
prefix.] To bring forth young; yean. See yean. 
Both do feed, 
As either promised to increase your breed 
At eaniny-tlme, and bring you lusty twins. 
B. Jonion, Sad Shepherd, 1. 2. 
. and 0. E. An abbreviation of the commer- 
cial phrase errors and omissions excepted, fre- 
quently appended to statements and accounts 
when rendered, 
eagless(e'gles), n. [< eagle + -ess.] A female ean iingt (en'ling). n. [< ean + dim. -ling*. 
or hen eagle. Sherwood. [Rare.] ct yeanling.] A lamb just brought forth, 
eaglestone (e'gl-stdn), n. [Tr. of Gr. amrw: 
see aetites.] A variety of argillaceous pxid of 
iron, found in masses varying from the size of a _ , . . , ,_, 
walnut tothatofaman'shead in formthewmasses ^ (er), n. [Early mod. E. erne; < ME. ere 
are spherical, oval, or nearly reniform, or sometimes re- , eare, <. AS. eare = US. ora : T\ea. are, 
semble a parallelepiped with rounded edges and angles, dr = D. OOT = MLG. LG. or = OHG. ora, MHOr. 
They have a rough surface, and are essentially composed 
of concentric layers. The nodules often embrace -.1 the 
center a kernel or nucleus, sometimes movable, and always 
differing from the exterior in color, density, and fracture. 
To these hollow nodules the Greeks gave the name of 
eaglestones, from a notion that the eagle transported them 
to her nest to facilitate the laying of her eggs. Also called 
A11 the mnli whlch were Btreak . d and pled 
should fall as Jacob's hire. Shalt., M. of v., L s. 
ore, or, G. ohr = Icel. eyra = Sw. ora = Dan. 
ore = Goth, auso = L. auris (dim. auricula, ML. 
oricula, > It. orecchia = Sp. oreja = Pg. orelha = 
Pr. aurelha = P. oreille, ear, = E. auricle: see au~ 
aetites. 
Whether the aetites or eaglettone hath that eminent 
ride, auricular, etc.) = Gr. ovc (<""-), also oiaf 
(ovar-), for *ov<7of (ovaar-) = OBulg. Bulg. Croa- 
tian, Serv. ucho = Bohem. Pol. ucho = Russ. 
= Lith. ousts = OPruss. ausina (pi. ace.). 
property to promote delivery or restrain abortion, respec- VKno -. = J-,lin. ousts = 
tively applied to lower or upward parts of the body, we ear; a general Indo-European name, prob. allied 
i u tion 
. 
the Red Eayle of Bayreuth ; also called Order of Sincerity), 
an order founded by the Margrave of Bayreuth in 1705, and 
shall not discourage common practice by our question. 
Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err. " 
:lon. t o (j r< aieiv, hear, perceive, L. audire, hear: see 
' 6- audience, audit, etc., auscultate, etc. Connection 
eaglet (e'glet), n. [Earlier mod. E. also eglet; with hear doubtful: see hear.] 1. Theorganof 
The present insignia of < *". a,iglette, dim. of aigle, eagle: see eagle.] A hearing; the apparatus of audition ; the accus- 
ing a white eagle in relief, and surmounted by an imperial Foster'd the callow eaglet. 
crown. The ribbon is sky-blue, but on state occasions Tennyson, (Enone. 
the badge is worn pendent to a collar of white eagles con- Oa _i m, It lira (s,'a\ vnWnr\ n A hnnlt nnmp 
nectedbyplaingoldlinks.-Spreadeagle,aneaglewith ea ,?} e --vTlltur [e gl-vul tur), n. A D< 
outspread wings; speciflcally, the emblem of the Unit- of the Gypohierax angolensis of western Africa. 
ed States of America : often applied attributively to any eagle-winged (e'gl-wingd), a. Having the 
loud, bombastic, boastful, and arrogant display of national wiii ir s of an ea^le* swift as an eade 
or other sentiments : as, a spread-eagle speech. See spread- 
eagleitm. The eagle-winged pride 
eagle-bird (e'gl-berd), n. Same as eagle, 9. Of sky-aspiring and ambitious thoughts, 
eagle-eyed (e'gl-Id), a. 1. Sharp-sighted, like 
ail eagle. 2. Quick to discern ; having acute eaglewood (e'gl-wid), n. [< eagle + wood* ; 
intellectual vision. lite F. bois d'aigle, G. adlerholz, a translation 
of NL. lignum aquila, or aquilaria, which is 
an accom. (to L. aquila, eagle) of the E. Ind. 
name aghil, Hind, agar, < Slct. agaru or aguru 
(the latter form accom. to aguru, not heavy, < 
a- priv. + guru = Gr. Bapif = L. gravis, heavy), 
> prob. Gr. a.yh'tijox v , NU agalloclium : see agal- 
eagle-fint,. [ME.e<7re/w(seequot.),<F.dial. lochum and AM j A highly fragrant wood, 
(Champagne) aigrejtn, also pron. aiglefin (as if mucn use( i ^ y Asiatics for incense. See agal- 
connected, with aigle, > E. eagle), a sort of fish ; 
Eustachian tube ; and of an internal ear, or labyrinth, the 
essential organ of hearing, containing the enu-organs of 
the auditory nerve. The labyrinth consists of a complicated 
closed sac, the membranous labyrinth, lined with epithe- 
SC 
In 
ASC 
I know the frailty of my fleshly will: 
My passion's eaglc-ey'd. fyutrles, Emblems, Iv. 1. 
To be curious and Eagle-eyed Abroad, and to be Blind 
and ignorant at Home, ... is a Curiosity that carrleth 
with It more of Affectation than any thing else. 
BoweU, letters, ii. 65. 
, 
origin uncertain.] An alleged old name of the eagraB ^ (e'gras), n. Same as eddish, 1. 
haddock. eagre, n. See eager%. 
Belonius states that Egrefln or Eagle-fin was formerly ea fdt. n. A dialectal variant of eld. 
Its [the haddock's] English name. Day. 
Grose. 
, . A,, obsolete (Middle English and 
eagle-flighted (e'gl-fll'ted), a. Flying like an raro Anglo-Saxon) form of elder*. 
eagle; mounting high. [Poetical.] ealdorman, . [AS.: see alderman.'] A chief ; 
eagle-hawk (e'il-hlk), n. A hawk of the ge- "' 
nus Morphnus, as the Guiana eagle-hawk, M. 
guianensis. G. Cuvier. 
eagle-owl (e'gl-oul), w. 1. A name of the great The name of Ealdorman l8 one O f a large class ; among 
horned owl of Europe, Buuo maximus, and hence a primitive people age implies command and command 
of other large species of the same genus, as B. implies age ; hence, In a somewhat later stage of language, 
virginiamts, the great horned owl of North 
America. See cut under 1160. 2. A name of 
sundry other large owls. Sicainson. 
eagle-ray (e'gl-ra), n. 1. A large species of 
ray, Myliobatis aquila, a batoid fish of the fam- 
a leader : the Anglo-Saxon original of alderman, 
used in modern historical works with reference 
to its Anglo-Saxon use. 
the elders are simply the rulers. 
E. A. Freeman, Norman Conquest, I. 61. 
The bishop declared the ecclesiastical law, as the ealdor- 
man did the secular. 
Stubbs, Medieval and Modern Hist, p. 299. 
Transverse Section through Side Walls of Skull, showing the Inner 
Parts of the Ear. 
Co, concha or external ear, or pinna ; F..\f, external auditory mea- 
tus; 7>.V, tympanic membrane; lnt, incus; Malt, malleus; ASC, 
PSC, ESC, anterior, posterior, and external semicircular canals; 
Coc, cochlea; Eu, Eustachian tube; //V, internal auditory meatus, 
through which the auditory nerve passes to the organ of hearing. 
Hum and lying in a roughly corresponding excavation in the 
petrous bone, the bony labyrinth. The membranous laby- 
rinth contains a limpid fluid, the endolymph, and between 
the membranous labyrinth and the bony labyrinth is a 
similar liquid called perilymph. The auditory nerve, pene- 
trating the bone by the internal auditory meatus, is dis- 
tributed to the walls of the membranous labyrinth. The 
labyrinth is completely shut oft from the tympanum, but 
there are two fenestrte or openings, closed by membranes, 
in the tympanic wall of the bony labyrinth, and the foot of 
the stapes Is applied to one of them. Sound-waves which 
impinge upon the tympanic membrane are transmitted 
across the tympanum by the chain of auditory ossicles, 
and thence into the laby- 
riuth. In vertebrates be- 
low mammals the ear at 
or pectoral flu 
^^^ aussuw 
s are expanded in a wing-like torm, and em, < AS. earn, contr. Of "eaham, = Otnes. em M bylack o{ external 
>w = D. com, uncle, = OHG. MHG. oheim, uncle ear and reduction of the 
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Eagle-ray (Myliobatis aquita). 
(mother's brother), also nephew (sister's son), 
G. oheim, ohm, uncle. The first syllable, AS. 
ea- (= Goth. a-), is perhaps related to Goth. 
awo, grandmother, Icel. afi, grandfather, at, 
great-grandfather, and to IJ. av-un-culus, uncle, 
av-us, grandfather; the second syllable is ob- 
scure. Earn remains in the surnames Eames 
and Ames."] Uncle. 
Sonc to hem of the cite a-sembled he thanne, 
& faujt than so ferscheli for his ernes sake. 
William of Palerne (E. E. T. 9.), L 3426. 
Henry Hotspur, and his tame 
The earl of Wor'ster. 
Drayton, Polyolbion, xxii. 
eant (en), v. i. [< ME. enen, bring forth young, 
< AS. fdnian, contr. of edcnian, be pregnant, < 
edcen, pregnant, lit. increased, pp. of "edcarr, 
ossicles and of the laby- 
rinth, the latter being 
simply ligulate or strap- 
shaped ; and, as in fishes, 
the inner ear may con- 
tain one or more concre- 
tions, sometimes of great 
size, called otoliths or 
ear-ttones. An ear of 
some kind is recogniza- 
ble in the great majority 
of invertebrates. In its 
simplest recognizable 
expression It Is a mere 
capsule or vesicle, con- 
taining some hard body 
answering to an otollth, 
and so supposed to have 
an auditory function. 
See cochlea, labyrinth, 
and cut under tympanic. 
External Ear, or Fiona. 
I, helix : 3. fossa of antihelix, or 
fossa triangularis: 3. fossa of helix, 
or fossa scaphoidea : 4. antihelix; 
5. s. concha; 6, antitragus ; 7, lobule; 
8, tragus. 
