eyas

[ ahy-uhs ]

noun
  1. a nestling, usually a hawk.

  2. Falconry. a young falcon or hawk taken from the nest for training.

Origin of eyas

1
First recorded in 1480–90; variant of nyas, nias (a nyas taken as an eyas ), from Middle French niais “nestling,” derivative of Latin nīdus “nest;” see origin at nest
  • Also especially British, ey·ass .

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How to use eyas in a sentence

  • Too late, my royal eyas?You shall strike this deer yourself at gaze ere long—She has no mind to slip to cover.

    The Saint's Tragedy | Charles Kingsley
  • For my part, I will say freely, that I was wrong from beginning to end, except about the washing of the eyas's meat.

    The Abbot | Sir Walter Scott
  • Are we to suppose the following lines of Plautus to have been delivered by an "eyas?"

    The Fairy Mythology | Thomas Keightley
  • The old pointer is summoned; "The Princess," an eyas falcon in the second plumage, is hooded; and the walk is commenced.

  • Such is a sketch of the training in modern times of the eyas or young bird.

British Dictionary definitions for eyas

eyas

/ (ˈaɪəs) /


noun
  1. a nestling hawk or falcon, esp one reared for training in falconry

Origin of eyas

1
C15: mistaken division of earlier a nyas, from Old French niais nestling, from Latin nīdus nest

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