Eagle,

15 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Eagle \Ea"gle\, n. [OE. egle, F. aigle, fr. L. aquila; prob.
     named from its color, fr. aquilus dark-colored, brown; cf.
     Lith. aklas blind. Cf. {Aquiline}.]
     1. (Zo["o]l.) Any large, rapacious bird of the Falcon family,
        esp. of the genera {Aquila} and {Hali[ae]etus}. The eagle
        is remarkable for strength, size, graceful figure,


        keenness of vision, and extraordinary flight. The most
        noted species are the golden eagle ({Aquila
        chrysa["e]tus}); the imperial eagle of Europe ({Aquila
        mogilnik} or {Aquila imperialis}); the American bald eagle
        ({Hali[ae]etus leucocephalus}); the European sea eagle
        ({Hali[ae]etus albicilla}); and the great harpy eagle
        ({Thrasaetus harpyia}). The figure of the eagle, as the
        king of birds, is commonly used as an heraldic emblem, and
        also for standards and emblematic devices. See {Bald
        eagle}, {Harpy}, and {Golden eagle}.
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     2. A gold coin of the United States, of the value of ten
        dollars.
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     3. (Astron.) A northern constellation, containing Altair, a
        star of the first magnitude. See {Aquila}.
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     4. The figure of an eagle borne as an emblem on the standard
        of the ancient Romans, or so used upon the seal or
        standard of any people.
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              Though the Roman eagle shadow thee.   --Tennyson.
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     Note: Some modern nations, as the United States, and France
           under the Bonapartes, have adopted the eagle as their
           national emblem. Russia, Austria, and Prussia have for
           an emblem a double-headed eagle.
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     {Bald eagle}. See {Bald eagle}.
  
     {Bold eagle}. See under {Bold}.
  
     {Double eagle}, a gold coin of the United States worth twenty
        dollars.
  
     {Eagle hawk} (Zo["o]l.), a large, crested, South American
        hawk of the genus {Morphnus}.
  
     {Eagle owl} (Zo["o]l.), any large owl of the genus {Bubo},
        and allied genera; as the American great horned owl ({Bubo
        Virginianus}), and the allied European species ({B.
        maximus}). See {Horned owl}.
  
     {Eagle ray} (Zo["o]l.), any large species of ray of the genus
        {Myliobatis} (esp. {M. aquila}).
  
     {Eagle vulture} (Zo["o]l.), a large West African bid
        ({Gypohierax Angolensis}), intermediate, in several
        respects, between the eagles and vultures.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  eagle
       n 1: any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey
            noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight
            [syn: {bird of Jove}]
       2: (golf) a score of two strokes under par on a hole
       3: a former gold coin in the United States worth 10 dollars
       4: an emblem representing power; "the Roman eagle"
       v : shoot in two strokes under par

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  280 Moby Thesaurus words for "eagle":
     Argus, Hershey bar, achievement, alerion, animal charge, annulet,
     antelope, argent, armorial bearings, armory, arms, arrow,
     aviation badge, avifauna, azure, baby bird, badge, badge of office,
     badges, bandeau, bar, bar sinister, baton, bearings, bend,
     bend sinister, billet, bird, bird of Jove, bird of Juno,
     bird of Minerva, bird of night, bird of passage, bird of prey,
     birdie, birdlife, birdy, blazon, blazonry, blue darter,
     blue streak, bordure, brassard, broad arrow, button, cadency mark,
     cage bird, cannonball, canton, cap and gown, cat, chain,
     chain of office, chaplet, charge, chevron, chick, chicken, chief,
     class ring, coat of arms, cockade, cockatrice, coin, collar,
     coronet, courser, crescent, crest, cross, cross moline, crown,
     cygnet, dart, decoration, device, difference, differencing,
     diving bird, double eagle, doubloon, dove, dress, ducat,
     eagle-eyed, eaglet, electricity, emblems, ensigns, epaulet, ermine,
     ermines, erminites, erminois, escutcheon, express train, falcon,
     fasces, ferret, fess, fess point, field, figurehead, file,
     fish-eating bird, five-dollar gold piece, flanch, flash, fledgling,
     fleur-de-lis, flightless bird, fowl, fret, fruit-eating bird,
     fulmar, fur, fusil, game bird, garland, gazelle, gold piece,
     greased lightning, greyhound, griffin, guinea, gules, gyron,
     half crown, half eagle, hammer and sickle, hard money, hare,
     hash mark, hatchment, hawk, hawk-eyed, helmet, heraldic device,
     heraldry, honor point, impalement, impaling, inescutcheon,
     insect-eating bird, insignia, insignia of branch, jet plane, label,
     lapel pin, lark, light, lightning, lion, livery, lozenge, lynx,
     mace, mantle, mantling, markings, marshaling, martlet, mascle,
     medal, mercury, metal, migrant, migratory bird, moidore,
     mortarboard, motto, mullet, napoleon, nestling, nombril point,
     oak leaf, octofoil, old school tie, or, ordinary,
     organization insignia, orle, oscine bird, overseas bar, owl, pale,
     paly, parachute badge, passerine bird, patch, peacock, peafowl,
     peahen, pean, perching bird, pheon, piece, piece of money,
     piece of silver, pigeon, pin, pip, pound sovereign, purpure,
     quarter, quartering, quicksilver, ratite, regalia, ring, rocket,
     roll of coins, rose, rouleau, sable, saltire, scared rabbit,
     school ring, scutcheon, sea bird, seed-eating bird, service stripe,
     shamrock, sharp-eyed, sharp-sighted, shield, shore bird, shot,
     shoulder patch, shoulder sleeve insignia, sigillography,
     skull and crossbones, skylark, skyrocket, songbird, sovereign,
     specie, sphragistics, spread eagle, squab, staff, star,
     storm petrel, stormy petrel, streak, streak of lightning, stripe,
     striped snake, submarine badge, subordinary, swallow, swan,
     swastika, tartan, ten-dollar gold piece, tenne, thistle, thought,
     thunderbolt, tie, tincture, torrent, torse, tressure,
     twenty-dollar gold piece, unicorn, uniform, vair, verge, vert,
     wading bird, wand, warbler, water bird, waterfowl, weasel,
     wildfowl, wind, wreath, yale
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  Eagle
       
          A {dBASE}-like dialect bundled with {Emerald Bay}, sold by
          {Migent} from 1986-1988, later renamed {Vulcan} when {Wayne
          Ratliff} reacquired the product.
       
       

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Eagle
     (Herb. nesher; properly the griffon vulture or great vulture, so
     called from its tearing its prey with its beak), referred to for
     its swiftness of flight (Deut. 28:49; 2 Sam. 1:23), its mounting
     high in the air (Job 39:27), its strength (Ps. 103:5), its
     setting its nest in high places (Jer. 49:16), and its power of
     vision (Job 39:27-30).
     
       This "ravenous bird" is a symbol of those nations whom God
     employs and sends forth to do a work of destruction, sweeping
     away whatever is decaying and putrescent (Matt. 24:28; Isa.
     46:11; Ezek. 39:4; Deut. 28:49; Jer. 4:13; 48:40). It is said
     that the eagle sheds his feathers in the beginning of spring,
     and with fresh plumage assumes the appearance of youth. To this,
     allusion is made in Ps. 103:5 and Isa. 40:31. God's care over
     his people is likened to that of the eagle in training its young
     to fly (Ex. 19:4; Deut. 32:11, 12). An interesting illustration
     is thus recorded by Sir Humphry Davy:, "I once saw a very
     interesting sight above the crags of Ben Nevis. Two parent
     eagles were teaching their offspring, two young birds, the
     maneuvers of flight. They began by rising from the top of the
     mountain in the eye of the sun. It was about mid-day, and bright
     for the climate. They at first made small circles, and the young
     birds imitated them. They paused on their wings, waiting till
     they had made their flight, and then took a second and larger
     gyration, always rising toward the sun, and enlarging their
     circle of flight so as to make a gradually ascending spiral. The
     young ones still and slowly followed, apparently flying better
     as they mounted; and they continued this sublime exercise,
     always rising till they became mere points in the air, and the
     young ones were lost, and afterwards their parents, to our
     aching sight." (See Isa. 40:31.)
     
       There have been observed in Palestine four distinct species of
     eagles, (1) the golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos); (2) the
     spotted eagle (Aquila naevia); (3) the common species, the
     imperial eagle (Aquila heliaca); and (4) the Circaetos gallicus,
     which preys on reptiles. The eagle was unclean by the Levitical
     law (Lev. 11:13; Deut. 14:12).
     

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  EAGLE, money. A gold coin of the United States, of the value of ten dollars. 
  It weighs two hundred and fifty-eight grains. Of one thousand parts, nine 
  hundred are of pure gold, and one hundred of all Act of January 18, 1837, 4 
  Sharsw. Cont. of Story's L. U. S. 2523, 4. Vide Money. 
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Eagle, AK (city, FIPS 20380)
    Location: 64.77815 N, 141.20063 W
    Population (1990): 168 (146 housing units)
    Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Eagle, CO (town, FIPS 22200)
    Location: 39.65564 N, 106.82544 W
    Population (1990): 1580 (624 housing units)
    Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 81631
  Eagle, ID (city, FIPS 23410)
    Location: 43.69353 N, 116.35478 W
    Population (1990): 3327 (1238 housing units)
    Area: 13.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 83616
  Eagle, MI (village, FIPS 23560)
    Location: 42.80978 N, 84.79052 W
    Population (1990): 120 (42 housing units)
    Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 48822
  Eagle, NE (village, FIPS 14100)
    Location: 40.81606 N, 96.43206 W
    Population (1990): 1047 (374 housing units)
    Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 68347
  Eagle, WI (village, FIPS 21425)
    Location: 42.87963 N, 88.47127 W
    Population (1990): 1182 (400 housing units)
    Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 53119

From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:

  Eagle -- U.S. County in Colorado
     Population (2000):    41659
     Housing Units (2000): 22111
     Land area (2000):     1687.875116 sq. miles (4371.576296 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    3.926082 sq. miles (10.168506 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    1691.801198 sq. miles (4381.744802 sq. km)
     Located within:       Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
     Location:             39.588020 N, 106.705776 W
     Headwords:
      Eagle
      Eagle, CO
      Eagle County
      Eagle County, CO
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Eagle, AK -- U.S. city in Alaska
     Population (2000):    129
     Housing Units (2000): 137
     Land area (2000):     1.008512 sq. miles (2.612034 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    1.008512 sq. miles (2.612034 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            20380
     Located within:       Alaska (AK), FIPS 02
     Location:             64.786022 N, 141.199917 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):    
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Eagle, AK
      Eagle
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Eagle, NE -- U.S. village in Nebraska
     Population (2000):    1105
     Housing Units (2000): 413
     Land area (2000):     0.322433 sq. miles (0.835098 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.322433 sq. miles (0.835098 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            14100
     Located within:       Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
     Location:             40.816129 N, 96.431195 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     68347
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Eagle, NE
      Eagle
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Eagle-Vail, CO -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Colorado
     Population (2000):    2887
     Housing Units (2000): 1482
     Land area (2000):     1.975490 sq. miles (5.116495 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    1.975490 sq. miles (5.116495 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            22225
     Located within:       Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
     Location:             39.621343 N, 106.492126 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     81631
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Eagle-Vail, CO
      Eagle-Vail
      Eagle, CO
      Eagle
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Eagle, CO -- U.S. town in Colorado
     Population (2000):    3032
     Housing Units (2000): 1116
     Land area (2000):     2.363211 sq. miles (6.120689 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    2.363211 sq. miles (6.120689 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            22200
     Located within:       Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
     Location:             39.650515 N, 106.827178 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     81631
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Eagle, CO
      Eagle
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Eagle, ID -- U.S. city in Idaho
     Population (2000):    11085
     Housing Units (2000): 4048
     Land area (2000):     9.188921 sq. miles (23.799195 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.086804 sq. miles (0.224822 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    9.275725 sq. miles (24.024017 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            23410
     Located within:       Idaho (ID), FIPS 16
     Location:             43.693093 N, 116.346366 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     83616
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Eagle, ID
      Eagle
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Eagle, MI -- U.S. village in Michigan
     Population (2000):    130
     Housing Units (2000): 47
     Land area (2000):     0.122504 sq. miles (0.317284 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.122504 sq. miles (0.317284 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            23560
     Located within:       Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
     Location:             42.808898 N, 84.790522 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     48822
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Eagle, MI
      Eagle
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Eagle, WI -- U.S. village in Wisconsin
     Population (2000):    1707
     Housing Units (2000): 605
     Land area (2000):     1.267688 sq. miles (3.283297 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    1.267688 sq. miles (3.283297 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            21425
     Located within:       Wisconsin (WI), FIPS 55
     Location:             42.877595 N, 88.471918 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     53119
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Eagle, WI
      Eagle