eagle flighted

Having a flight like an eagle; having a high and sustained flight; mounting high. eagle-hawk, s. An English designation given to the genus of eagles called by Cuvier Morphnus, and by Vieillot Spizaetus. They are found in South America. eagle-owl, 8. 1. Sing.: Bubo maximus . [BUBO (2).] 2. Pl .: Swains on's English designation for the genus Nyctia. They are of large size, have a small head without egrets, have prominent eyebrows, very small ears, short thickly-feathered tarsi, a short tail, and rather long wings. IMG:content-0695.png:[blocks in formation] (1) Any prominence from a larger body; a small projection on an object, usually for support or attachment; as, ( a ) The ear of a bucket or cooking pot to which the bail is attached. The ear orlug of a sugar or salt-boiling kettle by which it is supported on the walls of the furnace. The ear of a eagle-speed, s. Swiftne of flight like that of shell is imbedded in the metal, and serves for in- an eagle. "Abrupt, with eagle - speed she cut the sky." Pope : Homer's Ody ey, 1. 418. eagle-spirit, s. A spirit like that of the eagle; a soaring spirit. "Long years! It tries the thrilling frame to bear And eagle - spirit of a child of song." Byron: Lament of Ta o , i. eagle-standard, subst. A military standard, of which the e ential part is the representation of an eagle. "On eagle- standards and on arms he gazed." Scott: Don Roderick , xlii. eagle-stone, s. [ETITES.] eagle-winged, a . 1. Lit .: Having wings like those of the eagle; having powerful wings enabling their po e or to soar. "At his right hand Victory Sat, eagle -winged." Milton: P. L. , vi. 763. 2. Fig .: Soaring high like an eagle. 1. The wood of Aloexylon agallochum . 2. That of two A qui lari as, viz.: A. ovata and A. agalloch a . The same as AGAL-WOOD OF AGILA WOOD (q. v.). See also Agalloch, Aloes-wood, Aquilaria, and Lign-aloes. *ēag-le , s . [Eng. eagl (e), and fem. suff. -e .) A female or hen eagle.