Part 4120

<hw>Eyr</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Air</er>.]</ety> <def>Air.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Eyra</h1> <Xpage=534>

<hw>Ey"ra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Native South American name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A wild cat (<spn>Felis eyra</spn>) ranging from southern Brazil to Texas. It is reddish yellow and about the size of the domestic cat, but with a more slender body and shorter legs.</def>

<h1>Eyre</h1> <Xpage=534>

<hw>Eyre</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>erre</ets> journey, march, way, fr. L. <ets>iter</ets>, <ets>itineris</ets>, a going, way, fr. the root of <ets>ire</ets> to go. Cf. <er>Errant</er>, <er>Itinerant</er>, <er>Issue</er>.]</ety> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld> <def>A journey in circuit of certain judges called <i>justices in eyre</i> (or <i>in itinere</i>).</def>

<note>&hand; They were itinerant judges, who rode the circuit, holding courts in the different counties.</note>

<h1>Eyren</h1> <Xpage=534>

<hw>Ey"ren</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <def>See <er>Ey</er>, an egg.</def>

<h1>Eyrie, Eyry</h1> <Xpage=534>

<hw><hw>Ey"rie</hw>, <hw>Ey"ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl>. <plw>Ey"ries</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[See <er>Aerie</er>]</ety> <def>The nest of a bird of prey or other large bird that builds in a lofty place; aerie.</def>

<blockquote>The eagle and the stork On cliffs and cedar tops their <b>eyries</b> build. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Eysell</h1> <Xpage=534>

<hw>Ey"sell</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Eisel</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<hr> <page="535"> Page 535<p> <hr> <page="535"> Page 535<p>

<centered><point26>F.</point26></centered>

<h1>F</h1> <Xpage=535>

<hw>F</hw> <tt>(&ecre;f)</tt><def>. <p><b>1.</b> F is the sixth letter of the English alphabet, and a nonvocal consonant. Its form and sound are from the Latin. The Latin borrowed the form from the Greek digamma <?/, which probably had the value of English <i>w</i> consonant. The form and value of Greek letter came from the Ph\'d2nician, the ultimate source being probably Egyptian. Etymologically <i>f</i>is most closely related to <i>p</i>,<i>k</i>,<i>v</i>, and <i>b</i>; as in E. <i>f</i>ive, Gr. <?/; E. wol<i>f</i>, L. lu<i>p</i>us, Gr. <?/; E. <i>f</i>ox, <i>v</i>ixen ; <i>f</i>ragile, <i>b</i>reak ; <i>f</i>ruit, <i>b</i>rook, <tt>v. t.</tt>; E. <i>b</i>ear, L. <i>f</i>erre. See <i>Guide to Pronunciation</i>, &root; 178, 179, 188, 198, 230.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>The name of the fourth tone of the model scale, or scale of C. F sharp (F &sharp;) is a tone intermediate between F and G.</def>

<cs><col>F clef</col>, <cd>the bass clef. See under <er>Clef</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Fa</h1> <Xpage=535>

<hw>Fa</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A syllable applied to the fourth tone of the diatonic scale in solmization.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The tone F.</def>

<h1>Fabaceous</h1> <Xpage=535>

<hw>Fa*ba"ceous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fabaceus</ets>, fr. <ets>faba</ets> bean.]</ety> <def>Having the nature of a bean; like a bean.</def>

<h1>Fabella</h1> <Xpage=535>

<hw>Fa*bel"la</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Fabellae</plw> <tt>(-l<?/)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[NL., dim. of L. <ets>faba</ets> a bean.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>One of the small sesamoid bones situated behind the condyles of the femur, in some mammals.</def>

<h1>Fabian</h1> <Xpage=535>