| 释义 |
eyas|ˈaɪəs|
Forms: 5 eyes, 6–7 yas, 6–9 eyess(e, 7 eyasse, (eyeass, iiaes), 7– eyas.
[Altered form of nyas, a. Fr. niais (= Pr. nizaic, It. nidiace):—L. *nīd(i)āc-em, f. nīdus nest. The dropping of initial n was due to an erroneous division of a nyas (cf. a nadder s.v. adder); the spelling eyas was suggested by popular association with ME. ey = egg and eyry; also with eye (see quots.).]
1. A young hawk taken from the nest for the purpose of training, or one whose training is incomplete.
1486Bk. St. Albans B ij a, An hawke is calde an eyes of hir eyghen. 1575Turberv. Bk. Falconrie 31 The firste name and terme that they bestowe on a falcon is an eyasse and this name dothe laste as long as she is in the eyrie. 1629Massinger Picture v. i, So ho, birds, how the eyasses scratch and scramble! 1688R. Holme Armoury ii. 236/2 An eyesse is..a young Hawk as long as she is in the Eyrie. 1820Scott Abbot iv, Is it thus you feed the eyas with unwashed meat? 1869Lowell Cathedr. Wks. (1879) 443 As when, an eyas, he followed his high heart To swim on sunshine. 1875‘Stonehenge’ Brit. Sports i. iv. i. §6. 296 This is very easy with the eyess or brancher.
fig.1602Shakes. Ham. ii. ii. 355 An ayrie of Children, little Yases, that crye out on the top of question. a1625Fletcher Woman's Prize i. ii, Hang these tame-hearted Eyasses. 1890Saintsbury Hist. Elizabeth. Lit. xi. 426 One of the little eyasses who competed with regular actors.
2. attrib., as eyas-falcon, eyas-hawk; in sense ‘unfledged, youthful’ as eyas-thoughts, eyas-wings. Also eyas-musket (see musket), used jocularly for a sprightly child.
1596Spenser Hymns, Heavenly Love 24 Ere flitting Time could wag his eyas wings. 1598Shakes. Merry W. iii. iii. 22 How now my eyas-Musket what newes with you? 1606Chapman Marlowe's Hero & Leander iv, To still their eyas thoughts with industry. 1616Surfl. & Markh. Countrie Farme 708 The care of holding..your hawke..may intice you to esteeme the Iiaes hawke. a1653G. Daniel Idyll iv. 28 Our Eyeass Life Complaines vnpittied. 1826Sebright Observ. Hawking (1828) 26 Magpies may be flown with eyess slight falcons. |