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heirie, heyre
var. of aire n. and v. Obs. = aerie; esp. a swan's breeding-place.
[1250Concher Bk. of Selby (Yorks. Rec. Soc.) I. 267 Unam haeram cignorum..in stagno suo, viz. duos cignos haerarias veteres cum sequela sua.] 1552Will of Claymonde (Somerset Ho.), The swannes heyres & Singnetts. c1560Order for Swans in Arch. Inst. Lincoln (1850) 306 Such ground where any swan shall heiry. Ibid. 309 If any Heirie be leyed with one Swan. Ibid., When they do heire. |