Definitions for eyas

eyas ey·as

Spelling: [ahy-uh s]
IPA: /ˈaɪ əs/

Eyas is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 28 anagrams from letters in eyas (aesy).

Definitions for eyas

noun

  1. a nestling, usually a hawk.
  2. Falconry. a young falcon or hawk taken from the nest for training.

Origin of eyas

1480-90; variant of nyas, nias (a nyas taken as an eyas) Middle French niais nestling, derivative of Latin nīdus nest

Examples for eyas

Such is a sketch of the training in modern times of the eyas or young bird.

Are we to suppose the following lines of Plautus to have been delivered by an "eyas?"

For my part, I will say freely, that I was wrong from beginning to end, except about the washing of the eyas's meat.

The old pointer is summoned; "The Princess," an eyas falcon in the second plumage, is hooded; and the walk is commenced.

Word Value for eyas
Scrable

7

Words with friends

6

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