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The nest of a bird of prey or other large bird that builds in a lofty place; aerie. The eagle and the stork On cliffs and cedar tops their eyries build. Milton.

Same as Eisel. [Obs.] Shak.

A monastery or society of persons of either sex, secluded from the world and devoted to religion and celibacy; also, the monastic building or buildings.

pression. Keeping the sympathies of love and admiration in a dormant state, or state of abeyance. De Quincey.

Abeyance. [R.] Hawthorne.

Being in a state of abeyance.

An A-B-C book; a primer. [Obs.] Shak.

To look after. [Poetic] Shak.

Aside; askew. [Scotch] Burns.

Hey; ho.

One of a breed of cattle raised in Alderney, one of the Channel Islands. Alderneys are of a dun or tawny color and are often called Jersey cattle. See Jersey, 3.

park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes; a bordered way. I know each lane and every alley green. Milton.

Furnished with alleys; forming an alley. "An alleyed walk." Sir W. Scott.

An alley.

The higher order of clergy in Russia, including metropolitans, archbishops, and bishops. Pinkerton.

Extremely observant; watchful; sharp-sighted.

A substitute; a proxy; an agent. [Obs.] And will have no attorney but myself. Shak.

The chief law officer of the state, empowered to act in all litigation in which the law-executing power is a party, and to advise this supreme executive whenever required. Wharton.

The practice or peculiar cleverness of attorneys.

The office or profession of an attorney; agency for another. Shak.