1.
[syn: Eyre, Lake Eyre]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Eyre \Eyre\ ([^a]r), n. [OF. erre journey, march, way, fr. L.
iter, itineris, a going, way, fr. the root of ire to go. Cf.
Errant, Itinerant, Issue.] (O. Eng. Law)
A journey in circuit of certain judges called justices in
eyre (or in itinere).
[1913 Webster]
Note: They were itinerant judges, who rode the circuit,
holding courts in the different counties.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Eyre
n 1: a shallow salt lake in south central Australia about 35
feet below sea level; the largest lake in the country and
the lowest point on the continent [syn: Eyre, Lake
Eyre]