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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle) [syn: aerie, aery, eyrie, eyry]
2: any habitation at a high altitude [syn: aerie, aery, eyrie, eyry]

Merriam Webster's

chiefly British variant of aerie

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (also aerie) 1 a nest of a bird of prey, esp. an eagle, built high up. 2 a house etc. perched high up. Etymology: med.L aeria, aerea, etc., prob. f. OF aire lair ult. f. L agrum piece of ground

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Eyrie Ey"rie, Eyry Ey"ry ([=a]"r[y^] or [=e]"r[y^]; 277), n.; pl. Ey"ries (-r[i^]z). [See Aerie] The nest of a bird of prey or other large bird that builds in a lofty place; aerie. The eagle and the stork On cliffs and cedar tops their eyries build. --Milton.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(eyries) Note: in AM, use 'aerie' 1. If you refer to a place such as a house or a castle as an eyrie, you mean it is built high up and is difficult to reach. (LITERARY) ...marooned in my 48th floor eyrie in the sky. N-COUNT: with supp 2. An eyrie is the nest of a bird of prey such as an eagle, and is usually built high up in the mountains. N-COUNT