gier-eagle
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of gier-eagle
First recorded in 1605–15; gier (from German Geier “vulture”) + eagle
Example Sentences
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"Ask the gier-eagle why she stoops at once Into the vast and unexplored abyss, What full-grown power informs her from the first, Why she not marvels, strenuously beating The silent boundless regions of the sky."
From Life of Robert Browning by William Sharp
Strong is the lion—like a coal His eyeball,—like a bastion's mole His chest against the foes: Strong, the gier-eagle on his sail; Strong against tide th' enormous whale Emerges as he goes.
From Bulchevy's Book of English Verse by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Strong is the lion—like a coal His eyeball—like a bastion's mole His chest against the foes: Strong the gier-eagle on his sail; Strong against tide the enormous whale Emerges as he goes.
From Bible Stories and Religious Classics by Philip P. Wells
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