eiryness

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eiryness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Eariness \Ear"i*ness\, n. [Scotch ery or eiry affected with
     fear.]
     Fear or timidity, especially of something supernatural.
     [Written also eiryness.]
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           The sense of eariness, as twilight came on. --De
                                                    Quincey.
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