eagle
7 definitions found
eagle - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Eagle \Ea"gle\, n. [OE. egle, F. aigle, fr. L. aquila; prob.
named from its color, fr. aquilus dark-colored, brown; cf.
Lith. aklas blind. Cf. Aquiline.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any large, rapacious bird of the Falcon family,
esp. of the genera Aquila and Hali[ae]etus. The eagle
is remarkable for strength, size, graceful figure,
keenness of vision, and extraordinary flight. The most
noted species are the golden eagle (Aquila chrysa["e]tus
); the imperial eagle of Europe (Aquila mogilnik
or Aquila imperialis); the American bald eagle
(Hali[ae]etus leucocephalus); the European sea eagle
(Hali[ae]etus albicilla); and the great harpy eagle
(Thrasaetus harpyia). The figure of the eagle, as the
king of birds, is commonly used as an heraldic emblem, and
also for standards and emblematic devices. See Bald eagle
, Harpy, and Golden eagle.
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2. A gold coin of the United States, of the value of ten
dollars.
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3. (Astron.) A northern constellation, containing Altair, a
star of the first magnitude. See Aquila.
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4. The figure of an eagle borne as an emblem on the standard
of the ancient Romans, or so used upon the seal or
standard of any people.
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Though the Roman eagle shadow thee. --Tennyson.
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Note: Some modern nations, as the United States, and France
under the Bonapartes, have adopted the eagle as their
national emblem. Russia, Austria, and Prussia have for
an emblem a double-headed eagle.
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Bald eagle. See Bald eagle.
Bold eagle. See under Bold.
Double eagle, a gold coin of the United States worth twenty
dollars.
Eagle hawk (Zo["o]l.), a large, crested, South American
hawk of the genus Morphnus.
Eagle owl (Zo["o]l.), any large owl of the genus Bubo,
and allied genera; as the American great horned owl (Bubo Virginianus
), and the allied European species (B. maximus
). See Horned owl.
Eagle ray (Zo["o]l.), any large species of ray of the genus
Myliobatis (esp. M. aquila).
Eagle vulture (Zo["o]l.), a large West African bid
(Gypohierax Angolensis), intermediate, in several
respects, between the eagles and vultures.
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eagle - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :
eagle
n 1: any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey
noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight [syn:
eagle, bird of Jove]
2: (golf) a score of two strokes under par on a hole
3: a former gold coin in the United States worth 10 dollars
4: an emblem representing power; "the Roman eagle"
v 1: shoot two strokes under par; "She eagled the hole" [syn:
eagle, double birdie]
2: shoot in two strokes under par
eagle - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :
Eagle
A dBASE-like dialect bundled with Emerald Bay, sold by
Migent from 1986-1988, later renamed Vulcan when Wayne Ratliff
reacquired the product.
eagle - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :
Eagle
(Herb. nesher; properly the griffon vulture or great vulture, so
called from its tearing its prey with its beak), referred to for
its swiftness of flight (Deut. 28:49; 2 Sam. 1:23), its mounting
high in the air (Job 39:27), its strength (Ps. 103:5), its
setting its nest in high places (Jer. 49:16), and its power of
vision (Job 39:27-30).
This "ravenous bird" is a symbol of those nations whom God
employs and sends forth to do a work of destruction, sweeping
away whatever is decaying and putrescent (Matt. 24:28; Isa.
46:11; Ezek. 39:4; Deut. 28:49; Jer. 4:13; 48:40). It is said
that the eagle sheds his feathers in the beginning of spring,
and with fresh plumage assumes the appearance of youth. To this,
allusion is made in Ps. 103:5 and Isa. 40:31. God's care over
his people is likened to that of the eagle in training its young
to fly (Ex. 19:4; Deut. 32:11, 12). An interesting illustration
is thus recorded by Sir Humphry Davy:, "I once saw a very
interesting sight above the crags of Ben Nevis. Two parent
eagles were teaching their offspring, two young birds, the
maneuvers of flight. They began by rising from the top of the
mountain in the eye of the sun. It was about mid-day, and bright
for the climate. They at first made small circles, and the young
birds imitated them. They paused on their wings, waiting till
they had made their flight, and then took a second and larger
gyration, always rising toward the sun, and enlarging their
circle of flight so as to make a gradually ascending spiral. The
young ones still and slowly followed, apparently flying better
as they mounted; and they continued this sublime exercise,
always rising till they became mere points in the air, and the
young ones were lost, and afterwards their parents, to our
aching sight." (See Isa. 40:31.)
There have been observed in Palestine four distinct species of
eagles, (1) the golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos); (2) the
spotted eagle (Aquila naevia); (3) the common species, the
imperial eagle (Aquila heliaca); and (4) the Circaetos gallicus,
which preys on reptiles. The eagle was unclean by the Levitical
law (Lev. 11:13; Deut. 14:12).
eagle - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :
Eagle, AK (city, FIPS 20380)
Location: 64.77815 N, 141.20063 W
Population (1990): 168 (146 housing units)
Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Eagle, CO (town, FIPS 22200)
Location: 39.65564 N, 106.82544 W
Population (1990): 1580 (624 housing units)
Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 81631
Eagle, ID (city, FIPS 23410)
Location: 43.69353 N, 116.35478 W
Population (1990): 3327 (1238 housing units)
Area: 13.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 83616
Eagle, MI (village, FIPS 23560)
Location: 42.80978 N, 84.79052 W
Population (1990): 120 (42 housing units)
Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 48822
Eagle, NE (village, FIPS 14100)
Location: 40.81606 N, 96.43206 W
Population (1990): 1047 (374 housing units)
Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 68347
Eagle, WI (village, FIPS 21425)
Location: 42.87963 N, 88.47127 W
Population (1990): 1182 (400 housing units)
Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 53119
eagle - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :
EAGLE, money. A gold coin of the United States, of the value of ten dollars.
It weighs two hundred and fifty-eight grains. Of one thousand parts, nine
hundred are of pure gold, and one hundred of all Act of January 18, 1837, 4
Sharsw. Cont. of Story's L. U. S. 2523, 4. Vide Money.
eagle - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
280 Moby Thesaurus words for "eagle":
Argus, Hershey bar, achievement, alerion, animal charge, annulet,
antelope, argent, armorial bearings, armory, arms, arrow,
aviation badge, avifauna, azure, baby bird, badge, badge of office,
badges, bandeau, bar, bar sinister, baton, bearings, bend,
bend sinister, billet, bird, bird of Jove, bird of Juno,
bird of Minerva, bird of night, bird of passage, bird of prey,
birdie, birdlife, birdy, blazon, blazonry, blue darter,
blue streak, bordure, brassard, broad arrow, button, cadency mark,
cage bird, cannonball, canton, cap and gown, cat, chain,
chain of office, chaplet, charge, chevron, chick, chicken, chief,
class ring, coat of arms, cockade, cockatrice, coin, collar,
coronet, courser, crescent, crest, cross, cross moline, crown,
cygnet, dart, decoration, device, difference, differencing,
diving bird, double eagle, doubloon, dove, dress, ducat,
eagle-eyed, eaglet, electricity, emblems, ensigns, epaulet, ermine,
ermines, erminites, erminois, escutcheon, express train, falcon,
fasces, ferret, fess, fess point, field, figurehead, file,
fish-eating bird, five-dollar gold piece, flanch, flash, fledgling,
fleur-de-lis, flightless bird, fowl, fret, fruit-eating bird,
fulmar, fur, fusil, game bird, garland, gazelle, gold piece,
greased lightning, greyhound, griffin, guinea, gules, gyron,
half crown, half eagle, hammer and sickle, hard money, hare,
hash mark, hatchment, hawk, hawk-eyed, helmet, heraldic device,
heraldry, honor point, impalement, impaling, inescutcheon,
insect-eating bird, insignia, insignia of branch, jet plane, label,
lapel pin, lark, light, lightning, lion, livery, lozenge, lynx,
mace, mantle, mantling, markings, marshaling, martlet, mascle,
medal, mercury, metal, migrant, migratory bird, moidore,
mortarboard, motto, mullet, napoleon, nestling, nombril point,
oak leaf, octofoil, old school tie, or, ordinary,
organization insignia, orle, oscine bird, overseas bar, owl, pale,
paly, parachute badge, passerine bird, patch, peacock, peafowl,
peahen, pean, perching bird, pheon, piece, piece of money,
piece of silver, pigeon, pin, pip, pound sovereign, purpure,
quarter, quartering, quicksilver, ratite, regalia, ring, rocket,
roll of coins, rose, rouleau, sable, saltire, scared rabbit,
school ring, scutcheon, sea bird, seed-eating bird, service stripe,
shamrock, sharp-eyed, sharp-sighted, shield, shore bird, shot,
shoulder patch, shoulder sleeve insignia, sigillography,
skull and crossbones, skylark, skyrocket, songbird, sovereign,
specie, sphragistics, spread eagle, squab, staff, star,
storm petrel, stormy petrel, streak, streak of lightning, stripe,
striped snake, submarine badge, subordinary, swallow, swan,
swastika, tartan, ten-dollar gold piece, tenne, thistle, thought,
thunderbolt, tie, tincture, torrent, torse, tressure,
twenty-dollar gold piece, unicorn, uniform, vair, verge, vert,
wading bird, wand, warbler, water bird, waterfowl, weasel,
wildfowl, wind, wreath, yale
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