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W'e, Mfmall Eye, &c. - The Eye of eke e, ii the little
Nu~rture at the Head of that ,Characjer, which diffin-
gFiies it from the c.
Kes, is alfo ufed among Jewellers, for the Lufire and
Brilliant of Pearls and precious Stones; more aihally call'd
the. jlVter.
EYE-4ids, t See JPALPEBRXE
EYE-brovs,      't SVPERclLIUM.
Eyaz-brow is fometrines ufed in Architeclure, in the fame
Senfe with Lift, or Fillet. See List and FItLET.
B~ulls-EYE, in Ailronorny, is a Star of the firfl Magni-
tude, in the Conflellation flaurus , by the Arabs aal'd
Aldebaran.
Its Longitildej Latitudes fc. See among thofe of the other
Stars in th Conflellation TAURUVS.
Cats-.E4E, Oculus Cari, in Nat. Hiftory, a precious
Stone; call'd alfo Sun'skEye, or Ocuizus Solis. See PRE-
clous Stone.
"uris tranfparent, very lhining, and, of divers Colours,
Oually oblong as to Figure, and not unlike the Opal, only
much hardern
'Tis found in divers Padts of the Paft Indies, but thofe
of the flhand of Ceylon are the hloff prized.
Hares-Eyn, Ocuius Leprinus, in Medicine, a Difeafe
arifing from a Contraafion of the upper Eye-lid, which
prevents its being able to cover its Part of the Eye. Whence
the Patient is obliged to Sleep with the Eye half open after
the Manner of Hares.
The Phyficians call it ZLa tohalmia, a Greek Word
fignifying the fame Thing, being compounded of Awqvr;
Hare, and k)t, Eye.
Goats-EYE, Oculus Caprinus, is when there is a white
Speckon athe Corea;    Ws i  e   in the 4c of Goats.
cals it Asiis.
Crabs-EYES,. 0
EIRE, or EI
Itinerant. See Ir
Hence Juffices intokyre, are thofe whom Era   a
ciarios      tres. See Jvs'ricE in Eyre.
The EYRE of the Fereft, is otherwife calld . i
which by the ancient Cufloms was to be held every three
Years, by the Jufiices of the Forefi journeying up an down
for that Purpofe. See JUSTI.E Seat.
The Word is form'd of thie French, E~re, Irer, Jourey
EYRIE, or AYRxI, anonl alconers, the Ne      We
Hawks fit, and hatch, and feed ther Xoung. Se N  sr
Hence a young Hawk newly taken So'the Neff, is cale
an Eyefs. See HAwr. and FALCON.
EZECHIEL's Reed, or Rod, a Scriptire Meafure, con.
puted by late Wtiters to amount to I Edd/iFots "   I
Inches, h  of anInch. Ste MEAsURE.
EZRA, or ESDRAS, inDivinity.-The Books otErw
art two Books of HolyScuipture, compofed by Era, or
AuVras, the High-Priefl of the gews during the Captivity;*
and particularly about the Time when they return'd to
2Pgalefine, 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 firo
them by the Englijb Tranflators, Nehemiah.
They contain the Hiflory of the Return 'of that peopl
from the !Babylonxih Captivity, and their Re-effablilhmnt in
the Holy Land. They are Canonical,> and are allowl as
fuch both by the Church and the Synagogue.
The Canon of Ezra, is the Collefion of the Books 0d
Scripture made by that Pontifi See CANON.
It appears, however, that the Synagogue added other Boo
to Efdras's Canon; s inesstheBy d>47it felf, 4i
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