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ey⋅as

  [ahy-uhs]
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–noun
1. a nestling.
2. Falconry. a young falcon taken from the nest for training.
Also, especially British, eyass.

Origin:
1480–90; var. of nyas, nias (a nyas taken as an eyas) < MF niais nestling, deriv. of L nīdus nest
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ey·as   (ī'əs)   
n.  A nestling hawk or falcon, especially one to be trained for falconry.

[Middle English eias, from an eias, alteration of *a nias, an eyas, from Old French niais, from Latin nīdus, nest; see sed- in Indo-European roots.]
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Eyas

Ey`as\, n. [F. niais fresh from the nest, a derivative fr. L. nidus nest. E. an eyas for a nias. See Nest, and cf. Nias, Jashawk.] (Zo["o]l.) A nesting or unfledged bird; in falconry, a young hawk from the nest, not able to prey for itself. --Shak J. H. Walsh

Eyas

Ey"as\, a. Unfledged, or newly fledged. [Obs.]

Like eyas hawk up mounts unto the skies, His newly budded pinions to assay. --Spebser.
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