eyas

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ey=as

CIDE DICTIONARY

eyas, 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.].

 A nesting or unfledged bird; in falconry, a young hawk from the nest, not able to prey for itself.  Shak J. H. Walsh  [1913 Webster]

eyas, a. 

 Unfledged, or newly fledged.  [1913 Webster]
"Like eyas hawk up mounts unto the skies,
His newly budded pinions to assay."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

eyas, n. a young hawk, esp. one taken from the nest for training in falconry.

Etymology

orig. nyas f. F niais ult. f. L nidus nest: for loss of n- cf. ADDER