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-Mye, fniail Eye, &c. — The Eye of the e, b the little Aperture at the Head of that Character, which diftin- gaifhes it from the c.

Eve, is a!fb ufed among Jewellers, for the Luflre and Brilliant of Pearls and precious Stones ; more ufually call'd the Water.

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EYE-^ro-w is fometiiries ufed in Architecture, in the fame Senfe with Lift, or Fillet. See List and Fillet.

3uUs~Wxs., in Agronomy, is a Star of the faff Magni- tude, in the Conikllatian Taurus ; by the Arabs call'd Aldebaran.

Its Longitude, Latitude, gjc. See among thofc of the other Stars in the Conllellation Taurus.

C«W-Eye, Oculus Cat:, in Nat. Hiftory, a precious Stone; call'd alio Sim's Eye, or Oculus Solis. See Pre- cious Stone.

'Tis tranfparent, very Aiming, and of divers Colours, ufually oblong as to Figure, and not unlike the Opal, only much harder.

'Tis found in divers Parts of the Eaft Indies, but thofe of the liland of Ceylon are the moft prized.

Hares-Etz, Ocidus Lepr'mus, in Medicine, a Difeafe anting irom a Contraction of the upper Eye-lid, which prevents its being able to cover its Part of the Eye. Whence the Patient is obliged to lleep with the Eye half open after the Manner of Hares.

The Phyficians call it Lagofhthalmia, a Greek Word fignifying the fame Thing $ being compounded of Ks.yui 7 Hare, and op3«A/a©-, Eye.

Goats-Evu, Oculus Cafrinus, is when there is a white Speck on the Cornea 3 as ia feen in the Eye of Goats, Phyficians call it Aigis.

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Crafo-EYEs^ Oculus Cancrorum. See C R A B5 -^ m

EIRE, or Eire, mLaw, figmfies the Court rf Tuftices Itinerant. See Itinerant. j unices

Hence Juftices in Eyre, are thofe whom SraSoH cilk Jujliciarios Itiner antes. See Justice in Eyre.

The Eyre of the Forejl, is otherwifc call'd Jnfiice Seat' which by the ancient Cuffoms was to be held every the' Tears, by the Juftices of the Foreft journeying up and down for that Purpoie. See Justice Seat.

The Word is form'd of the French, Erre, Iter, Journey

EYRIE, or Ayrie, among Falconers, the Neil where Hawks fit, and hatch, and feed their Young. See Nest.

Hence a young Hawk newly taken from the Neft, is called an Eyefs. See Hawk and Falcon.

EZECHIEL's Reed, or Rod, a Scripture Meafure, com- puted by late Writers to amount to 1 Englifi Foot, xx Inches, \ of an Inch. See Measure.

EZRA, or ESDRAS, in Divinity The Books of Ezra

are two Books of Holy Scripture, compofed by Ezra, or Etyras, the High-Prieft of the Jews during the Captivity - and particularly about the Time when they return'd to 'Pilejline, under the Reign of Cyrus.

The Original of the Books of Efdras is in Hebrew ; and the fecond is particularly call'd by the Hebrews, and from them by the Englijh Tranflators, Nehemiah.

They contain the Hiftory of the Return of that People from the Sabylonifi Captivity, and their Re-eftabiiihment in the Holy Land. They are Canonical, and are allow'd as fuch both by the Chutch and the Synagogue.

The Canon of Ezra, is the Collection of the Books of Scripture made by that Pontiff. See Canon.

I; appears, however, that the Synagogue added other Books to Efdras's Canon; witnefs the Boot of £sf<s it fejf, and that of Ne&emiali.

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