eyre

Noun
US[air]/ɛr/1 syllable
Synonyms: Lake Eyre

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)

  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 continentSynonyms: Lake EyreInstance of lakePart of Australia
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Eyre (âr), noun

Origin: 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).

☞ They were itinerant judges, who rode the circuit, holding courts in the different counties.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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