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English Dictionary: eyre by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Eyre
n
  1. a shallow salt lake in south central Australia about 35 feet below sea level; the largest lake in the country and the lowest point on the continent
    Synonym(s): Eyre, Lake Eyre
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Eyre \Eyre\ ([acir]r), n. [OF. erre journey, march, way, fr. L.
      iter, itineris, a going, way, fr. the root of ire to go. Cf.
      {Errant}, {Itinerant}, {Issue}.] (O. Eng. Law)
      A journey in circuit of certain judges called justices in
      eyre (or in itinere).
  
      Note: They were itinerant judges, who rode the circuit,
               holding courts in the different counties.
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