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Eyre

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Justices in Eyre. A corruption of “Justices in itinʹere.” At first they made the circuit of the kingdom every seven years, but Magna Charta provided that it should be done annually.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Eye-service
Eye-sore
Eye-teeth
Eye of a Needle
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Eye of the Baltio (The)
Eye of the Storm
Eyes
Eyed
Eyre
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Ezour Veda or Yajûr Veda
Ezzelin
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