eider
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How to use eider in a sentence
Zeal had undressed, extended himself on the bed, and covered his body with an eider-down quilt.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonThe judges sat in their armchairs, with their heads propped up by eider-down cushions, because they had so much to think about.
Rudy and Babette | Hans Christian AndersenIt was winter, and snow was on the ground; white and sparkling, and as light as eider-down.
Unveiling a Parallel | Alice Ilgenfritz Jones and Ella Marchant"Meany, meany," called Judy after her friend, who had seized her gray eider-down cape and was fleeing down the hall.
Molly Brown's Sophomore Days | Nell SpeedThe eider route is the old one, but he hoped to get rid of some of his apples at Tnning, the town at its mouth.
The Riddle of the Sands | Erskine Childers
British Dictionary definitions for eider
eider duck
/ (ˈaɪdə) /
any of several sea ducks of the genus Somateria, esp S. mollissima, and related genera, which occur in the N hemisphere. The male has black and white plumage, and the female is the source of eiderdown
Origin of eider
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