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Air. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A wild cat (Felis eyra) 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.

A journey in circuit of certain judges called justices in eyre (or in itinere).

See Ey, an egg.

at builds in a lofty place; aerie. The eagle and the stork On cliffs and cedar tops their eyries build. Milton.

A fair or market. [Obs.] Chaucer.

See Glair. [Obs.] Chaucer.

The nest of a bird of prey, as of an eagle or hawk; also a brood of such birds; eyrie. Shak. Also fig.: A human residence or resting place perched like an eagle's nest.

mmary in writing of such matters as are to be inquired of or presented before justices in eyre, or justices of assize, or of the peace, in their sessions; -- also called articles. Jacob.

See Aerie, and Eyrie.

h the shield of a knight was slung across the shoulder, or across the neck and shoulder. Meyrick (Ancient Armor).

ng of a jury, especially such a finding under a writ of inquiry. Bouvier. The justices in eyre had it formerly in charge to make inquisition concerning them by a jury of the county. Blackstone.

A highly flavored blue-molded cheese, made at Roquefort, department of Aveyron, France. It is made from milk of ewes, sometimes with cow's milk added, and is cured in caves. Improperly, a cheese made in imitation of it.

Any one of numerous small injurious hemipterous insects of the genus Aleyrodes, allied to scale insects. They are usually covered with a white or gray powder.