eyrie

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In each case the eyrie was a flat platform of sticks about twice the size of a kite's nest.

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  • Watching from his eyrie, his living room window, Arthur saw the new tenant of Room 3 arrive on Sunday afternoon. —  A Demon In My View
  • A romantic and ever-ascending ride of a day's length was required to reach this eyrie, and at noon-day the driver allowed us to stop for our dinner, when our wayside inn was improvized from the sheltering shade of grand old trees, our table a rock, our chairs the same. —  The World As I Have Found It
  • When a dragon-rider wishes a new dragon for his eyrie, he will write to one of the dragon-kings or - queens, petitioning them for their favours. —  Pat's Fantasy Hotlist
  • Here is my eyrie, my den, my study, or whatever name fits it best. —  Floyd Grandon's Honor
  • With both wings closed it shot down from the eyrie, and ere the hawk, with its stolen plunder, had reached its old, storm-beaten tree, the king of birds struck it such a blow that, dazed and terrified, it dropped the fish, and barely succeeded in getting away. —  Oowikapun How the Gospel Reached the Nelson River Indians
 

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