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eyas (iou) and jumping(2) (iou)


eyas (iou)



eyas noun & adjective. Orig. nyas. L15.
[Old & mod. French niais (orig.) bird taken from the nest, (now) silly person, from Proto-Romance from Latin nidus nest. Initial n lost by misdivision as in ADDER noun1; spelling with ey- may be due to assoc. with EY noun.]
A. noun.
A young hawk in the nest, or taken from it for Training; a hawk whose Training is incomplete. L15.
A child, a youthful or immature person. L16.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Unfledged, youthful. L16.

jumping(2) (iou)



jumping verbal noun. M16.
[from JUMP verb + -ING1.]
The action of JUMP verb.
high-jumping, long-jumping, etc.
Comb. & phrases: jumping-board, jumping-off board a springboard; jumping-off ground, jumping-off place (a) colloq. a place at which a person alights at the end of a journey, spec. (N. Amer.) a place regarded as being the furthest limit of civilization or settlement; (b) a place from which a person moves into a region beyond; jumping-pole a pole used in jumping long distances or in pole-vaulting; jumping-wire a serrated wire running from the stemhead of a submarine to the forward edge of the bridge casing and from the after edge to the stern, for cutting a way through defensive nets when submerged.