Eyre

Eyre  (âr), Lake

A shallow salt lake of south-central Australia. It is the largest lake in the country and the lowest point on the continent.

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eyre  (âr)

n.

A circuit court held by itinerant royal justices in medieval England.

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[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman eire, from Latin iter, journey; see ei- in Indo-European roots.]

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eyre [ɛə]

n English legal history

1. (Law) any of the circuit courts held in each shire from 1176 until the late 13th century

(Law)

justices in eyre the justices travelling on circuit and presiding over such courts

[from Old French erre journey, from errer to travel, from Latin errāre to wander]

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Eyre [ɛə]

n

(Placename) Lake. a shallow salt lake in NE central South Australia, about 11 m (35 ft.) below sea level. Area: 9600 sq. km (3700 sq. miles)

[named after Edward John Eyre (1815-1901), British explorer and colonial administrator]

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Eyre²

n

1. (Biographies / Eyre, Edward John (1815-1901) M, British, TRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: explorer, POLITICS: colonial administrator) Edward John. 1815-1901, British explorer and colonial administrator. He was governor of Jamaica (1864-66) until his authorization of 400 executions to suppress an uprising led to his recall

2. (Biographies / Eyre, Richard (1943 M, British, THEATRE: theatre director) Richard. born 1943, British theatre director: director of the Royal National Theatre (1988-97)

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Noun

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Eyre - 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 continent Lake Eyre Australia, Commonwealth of Australia - a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony Australia - the smallest continent; between the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean