eyre

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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 [syn: {Eyre}, {Lake
         Eyre}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Eyre \Eyre\ ([^a]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).
   [1913 Webster]

   Note: They were itinerant judges, who rode the circuit,
         holding courts in the different counties.
         [1913 Webster]

from Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date

EYRE

Jane, an old maid school teacher, who married a rich
husband after the fashion of books.