Eagerness

Quality or state of being eager; ardent desire to do, pursue, or obtain anything; animated zeal; vehement longing; earnestne ; keenne ; avidity. "The mutual warmth and eagerne of love." - Add is on. Eagle, (e'gl.) n. [Fr. aigle.] (Zool.) See AQUILINE. (Hist.) The eagle was borne as a standard by many nations of antiquity. The first who a umed it, according to Xenophon, were the Persians; it was used by the Romans at an early period of their history, but was first adopted as their sole ensign in the consulate of C. Marius, (Pliny, x. 4.) The Roman eagles were gold or silver figures in relievo, about the size of a pigeon; and were borne on the tops of spears, with their wings displayed, and frequently with a thunderbolt in their talons. When the army marched, the eagle was always visible to the legions; and when SPOR IMG:content-0715.jpg:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0716.jpg:[blocks in formation] be of pure metal, and 100 of alloy consisting of silver and copper. See DOLLAR, and HALF-EAGLE. (Orders of knighthood .) The order of the Black Eagle of Pru ia was founded by Frederick I., on his coronation day, Jan. 17, 1701. The number of knights, in addition to the princes of the royal family, was originally 30, but it is now unlimited. They must prove their noble descent for 4 generations through both parents. The insignia of the order consists of an octagonal cro of blue enamel, and a black eagle, displayed between each of the arms of the cro . The cro is suspended by a broad ribbon of orange color acro the left shoulder, and it is accompanied by an embroidered silver star fastened on the left breast. The B. E. being the highest order in Pru ia, no member of it, with the exception of foreign princes and knights of St. John, is permitted to wear any other order along with it; and as it is generally granted only to those who are expected to be about the person of the king, no one who holds it is permitted to travel from the court more than twenty German miles without giving notice. The order of the Red Eagle , or of sincerity, was founded in Pru ia by George William, hereditary prince of Anspach and Bayreuth, in 1705; and reorgan- Fig . 894. RIBBON AND CROSS OF ized by George Fred- THE ORDER OF THE BLACK EAGLE. erick Charles, July 13, 1734. In 1791 Frederick William II. erected this into the second Pru ian order, and it was reorganized in 1810 and 1830. The decoration consists of a white enamelled Maltese cro , surmounted by a royal crown, EAGL IMG:content-0717.png:[graphic] genus Morphnus, or Spizaëtus , family of Falconida , including eagles of comparatively small size, and characterized by short wings, long slender legs (tarsi), and comparatively feeble toes and claws. They are natives of warm climates, chiefly of South America. The Crested Eagle, Morphnus cristatus (fig. 895) of Guiana, may be given as type of the genus. Eagle Hill, in Kentucky , a post-office of Owen co. Eagle Island, off the coast of Con naught, co. of Mayo, in Ireland, about 4 m. W.S.W. of Erris-Head. It has 2 light-houses, Lat. 54° 7' N., Lon. 10° 6' W. Eagle Island Point, in Maine, a light-house marking the N.E. entrance into Penobscot Bay. Eagle Lake, in Illinois , a post-office of Will co. Eagle Lake, in Texas , a post-town of Colorado co. Eagle Lakes, THE, in Maine , lying in A roos took and Penobscot cos. Eagle Mills, in North Carolina, a township of Iredell county. Eagle Mills, in New York , a P. O. of Ren elaer co. Eagle Mills, in Ohio , a post-office of Vinton co. Eagle Mills, in Wisconsin , a township of Buffalo co., on the Mi i ippi River. Eagle Mountain, the highest of the Mourne Mountains, in Ulster, co. Down, Ireland. It is about 2,084 feet high. Eagle Pa , in Texas , a city, cap. of Maverick co., on the Rio Grande river and So. Pac. R.R., 140 m. S.W. of San Antonio; the trade center of a stock raising district. Pop . (1897) about 2,500. Eagle Point, or ELKHORN GROVE, in Illinois, a post village of Ogle co., about 100 m. N. of Peoria. Eagle Point, in Pennsylvania, a P. O. of Berks co. Eagle Point, in Wisconsin, a township of Chippewa co. IMG:content-0718.png:[blocks in formation] Eagle River, in Michigan, a post-village, cap. of Keweenaw co., on Lake Superior, about 375 m. N.W. of Lansing. Eagle River, in Wisconsin, rises in Rich land co., and flows S. into the Wisconsin River. Eagle Rock, in N. Carolina, a post-village of Wake co., about 14 m. E. of Raleigh. Eagle Rock, in Pennsylvania, a post-office of Ve nan go co. Eagles field, in Indiana , a post-office of Clay co. Eagle's Mere, in Pennsylvania , a P. O. of Sullivan co. Eagle's Nest, THE, a rock in Munster, co. Kerry, Ireland, between the Upper and Middle Lakes of Killarney, and about 4 m. S.W. of Killarney. It is 1,300 feet high, and almost perpendicular. Eagle-sighted, a . Having a penetrating sight. Ea'gle , n. A female eagle.