ea dial.
(ˈiːə)
[repr. OE. éa, ME. æ n.1river.]
A river, running water. Still in use in Lanc.; in the fen-country applied to the canals for drainage, in which sense it is usually spelt eau [as if a. F. eau water]. Also attrib. See also aa1.
| [c 1000 ælfric Gen. ii. 14 Seo feorðe ea ys ᵹehaten Eufrates.] 1781 J. Hutton Tour to Caves Gloss. (E.D.S.) Ea, a river along the sands on the sea shore. 1861 Smiles Lives Engineers I. 63 They..surveyed the new eaus and sluices..after which they returned to Ely. 1865 Kingsley Herew. xx, They rowed away for Crowland, by many a mere and many an ea. 1875 Whitby Gloss. (E.D.S.), Ea-coorse, or Eau-course, the water-channel. |