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eyas

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Noun
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun eyas has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

eyasn. [F.niais fresh from the nest, a derivative fr. L. nidus nest. E. an eyas for a nias. See Nest, and cf. Nias, Jashawk.].
     A nesting or unfledged bird; in falconry, a young hawk from the nest, not able to prey for itself.  Shak J. H. Walsh  [1913 Webster]
eyasa. 
     Unfledged, or newly fledged.  [1913 Webster]
    "Like eyas hawk up mounts unto the skies,
    His newly budded pinions to assay.
    "  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

eyas, n. a young hawk, esp. one taken from the nest for training in falconry.

Etymology
orig. nyas f. F niais ult. f. L nidus nest: for loss of n- cf. ADDER
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