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Aerie

Aerie \Ae"rie\ (?; 277), n. [OE. aire, eire, air, nest, also origin, descent, OF. aire, LL. area, aera, nest of a bird of prey, perh. fr. L. area an open space (for birds of prey like to build their nests on flat and open spaces on the top of high rocks). Cf. Area.] The nest of a bird of prey, as of an eagle or hawk; also a brood of such birds; eyrie.
--Shak. Also fig.: A human residence or resting place perched like an eagle's nest.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
aerie

"eagle's nest," 1580s (attested in Anglo-Latin from early 13c.), from Old French aire "nest," Medieval Latin area "nest of a bird of prey" (12c.), perhaps from Latin area "level ground, garden bed" [Littré], though some doubt this [Klein]. Another theory connects it to atrium. Formerly misspelled eyrie (1660s) on the mistaken assumption that it derived from Middle English ey "egg."

Wiktionary
aerie

n. 1 (alternative form of eyrie English) 2 A Local chapter of the Fraternal Order of Eagles.

WordNet
aerie

  1. n. the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle) [syn: aery, eyrie, eyry]

  2. any habitation at a high altitude [syn: aery, eyrie, eyry]

Wikipedia
Aerie

Aerie may refer to:

  • The nest of a hawk, eagle, falcon or other bird of prey (variant of eyrie)
  • Aerie (album), a 1972 album by John Denver
  • Aerie (Baldur's Gate), a character in Baldur's Gate II
  • Aerie (magazine), a literary magazine
  • Aerie (American Eagle Outfitters), an intimate apparel brand of American Eagle Outfitters
  • Aerie, a novel in The Dragon Jousters series by Mercedes Lackey
  • Aerie, a 2003 novel by Thomas E. Sniegoski from The Fallen series
  • Aerie (Gang of Eagles), a song by Jefferson Airplane from Long John Silver
  • Aeries, the lodges of the Fraternal Order of Eagles
  • Aerie Class, a class of Starfleet vessel in the Star Trek series
  • Dragon Aerie, an area in Dark Souls II video game
Aerie (album)

Aerie is the fifth album by American singer-songwriter John Denver. It debuted on the Billboard 200 album charts on December 4, 1971, hitting #75.

The song "The Eagle and the Hawk" was the title theme music to an ABC documentary of the same title starring both Denver and noted conservationist Morlan Nelson. This documentary is in storage at ABC, but it has not been repeated nor released by ABC. Denver's piloting skills in sail planes was shown.

Aerie (magazine)

Aerie is a literary magazine established in 1996 at the University of Hartford, though the journal has roots dating back to the early 1970s. Presently, it is run through a student board.

Aerie (American Eagle Outfitters)

Aerie, stylized as aerie, is a lingerie retailer and intimate apparel sub-brand owned by American Eagle Outfitters. The brand targets the American 15- to 25-year-old female demographic. In addition to lingerie such as a wide variety of bras and other undergarments, the aerie line also sells dormwear, active apparel, loungewear, accessories and sleepwear.

The aerie brand is sold as a shop-in-shop in American Eagle Outfitters stores, on-line through the American Eagle web site, and in stand-alone aerie retail stores. Additionally, American Eagle Outfitters and aerie merchandise are available at 82 licensed international franchise stores in 13 countries.

Aerie's main competition in the lingerie market for the 15- to 22-year-old demographic includes Pink by Victoria's Secret and GapBody.

Usage examples of "aerie".

She scavenged four atropine autoinjectors out of four kits and put the empty foam cases and the leftover 2-PAM injectors in the Aerie.

No doubt it would make a tasty meal for the birdlings left in some lofty aerie.

There was a tour of the aerie to examine the celebrated Ninar Foan silvers.

Eleven birds sat on the sunward side of the aerie, all hooded and still.

Her scent, of soap and perfume, stood out against the earthier odors of the Aerie and made him think of other days, and nights.

The new ship hovered above them in Spacedock, as comfortable as an eagle in its aerie, being tended, coddled, and preened by devoted minions in extravehicular suits, none quite as consumed with wonder as the proud captain himself.

Standing in the high aerie, overlooking the drab and pinkish countryside, the duke pointed out the local thermals and upturns, warned of downdrafts, and suggested a route to the higher, sun-bright locales with a good chance for goats, the most sporting of quarry.

For if Jazz had wondered at the seismic or corrosive forces of nature which had created the mountains, what was he to make of the spindly towers of mist-wreathed rock standing to the east: fantastically carven, mile-high aeries that soared like alien sky-scrapers up from the boulder plain in the shadow of the rearing mountains?

Dramal Doombody, and so it has to be fairly representative of all the aeries, or castles if you wish, where they sit atop those fantastic stacks.

The stacks are real, and since time immemorial the Wamphyri have built their aeries on them.

The aeries have their catchment areas, inward-sloping skins on all levels, channelling rain water into great barrels with overflow systems into other barrels.

Seekers in the aeries about the Hell Plains knew the moment their emissaries had failed.

The ones who represented those and the aeries scattered about the continent argued with one another in the decaying citadel of Azran.

XXI The Seekers in the aeries about the Hell Plains knew the moment their emissaries had failed.

But just as they reached the entrance to the hall, Jaryd remembered the question that had come to him the night before as Baden, Trahn, and he sat in the Aerie.