eyrie
or eyr·y
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How to use eyrie in a sentence
M. de Blowitz went up and down the north coast of France, hunting for an eyry.
They were the eyry of freedom, and the pleasant region where unheeded I could commune with the creatures of my fancy.
Wild, piercing cries come to us now and then from the heights of the eyry; but we, unmoved, proceed with our dinner-preparations.
Palmetto-Leaves | Harriet Beecher StoweThe forms “eyrie” or “eyry” date from a 17th century attempt to derive the word from the Teutonic ey, an egg.
By the time I had returned with this information, the eyry held a considerable gathering.
The Bacillus of Beauty | Harriet Stark
British Dictionary definitions for eyrie
aerie
/ (ˈɪərɪ, ˈɛərɪ, ˈaɪərɪ) /
the nest of an eagle or other bird of prey, built in a high inaccessible place
the brood of a bird of prey, esp an eagle
any high isolated position or place
Origin of eyrie
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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