Part 3560

<h1>Eagerness</h1> <Xpage=464>

<hw>Ea"ger*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The state or quality of being eager; ardent desire.</def> "The <i>eagerness</i> of love."

<i>Addison.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Tartness; sourness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<syn>Syn. -- Ardor; vehemence; earnestness; impetuosity; heartiness; fervor; fervency; avidity; zeal; craving; heat; passion; greediness.</syn>

<h1>Eagle</h1> <Xpage=464>

<hw>Ea"gle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>egle</ets>, F. <ets>aigle</ets>, fr. L. <ets>aquila</ets>; prob. named from its color, fr. <ets>aquilus</ets> dark-colored, brown; cf. Lith. <ets>aklas</ets> blind. Cf. <er>Aquiline</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Any large, rapacious bird of the Falcon family, esp. of the genera <spn>Aquila</spn> and <spn>Hali\'91etus</spn>. The eagle is remarkable for strength, size, graceful figure, keenness of vision, and extraordinary flight. The most noted species are the golden eagle (<spn>Aquila chrysa\'89tus</spn>); the imperial eagle of Europe (<spn>A. mogilnik &or; imperialis</spn>); the American bald eagle (<spn>Hali\'91etus leucocephalus</spn>); the European sea eagle (<spn>H. albicilla</spn>); and the great harpy eagle (<spn>Thrasaetus harpyia</spn>). The figure of the eagle, as the king of birds, is commonly used as an heraldic emblem, and also for standards and emblematic devices. See <er>Bald eagle</er>, <er>Harpy</er>, and <er>Golden eagle</er>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A gold coin of the United States, of the value of ten dollars.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>A northern constellation, containing Altair, a star of the first magnitude. See <er>Aquila</er>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>The figure of an eagle borne as an emblem on the standard of the ancient Romans, or so used upon the seal or standard of any people.</def>

<blockquote>Though the Roman <b>eagle</b> shadow thee. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; Some modern nations, as the United States, and France under the Bonapartes, have adopted the eagle as their national emblem. Russia, Austria, and Prussia have for an emblem a double-headed eagle.</note>

<cs><col>Bald eagle</col>. <cd>See <er>Bald eagle</er>.</cd> -- <col>Bold eagle</col>. <cd>See under <er>Bold</er>.</cd> -- <col>Double eagle</col>, <cd>a gold coin of the United States worth twenty dollars.</cd> -- <col>Eagle hawk</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a large, crested, South American hawk of the genus <spn>Morphnus</spn>.</cd> -- <col>Eagle owl</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>any large owl of the genus <spn>Bubo</spn>, and allied genera; as the American great horned owl (<spn>Bubo Virginianus</spn>), and the allied European species (<spn>B. maximus</spn>). See <er>Horned owl</er>.</cd> -- <col>Eagle ray</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>any large species of ray of the genus <spn>Myliobatis</spn> (esp. <spn>M. aquila</spn>).</cd> -- <col>Eagle vulture</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a large West African bid (<spn>Gypohierax Angolensis</spn>), intermediate, in several respects, between the eagles and vultures.</cd></cs>

<h1>Eagle-eyed</h1> <Xpage=464>

<hw>Ea"gle-eyed`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Sharp-sighted as an eagle.</def> "Inwardly <i>eagle-eyed</i>."

<i>Howell.</i>

<h1>Eagle-sighted</h1> <Xpage=464>

<hw>Ea"gle-sight`ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Farsighted and strong-sighted; sharp-sighted.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

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<h1>Eagless</h1> <Xpage=465>

<hw>Ea"gless</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>aiglesse</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A female or hen eagle.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Sherwood.</i>

<h1>Eaglestone</h1> <Xpage=465>

<hw>Ea"gle*stone</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A concretionary nodule of clay ironstone, of the size of a walnut or larger, so called by the ancients, who believed that the eagle transported these stones to her nest to facilitate the laying of her eggs; a\'89tites.</def>

<h1>Eaglet</h1> <Xpage=465>

<hw>Ea"glet</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>aiglet</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A young eagle, or a diminutive eagle.</def>