Defn: A spear with barbed forks for spearing eels.
E'EN
E'en, adv.
Defn: A contraction for even. See Even.
I have e'en done with you. L'Estrange.
EEN
Een, n.
Defn: The old plural of Eye.
And eke with fatness swollen were his een. Spenser.
E'ER
E'er, adv.
Defn: A contraction for ever. See Ever.
EERIE; EERY
Ee"rie, Ee"ry, a. Etym: [Scotch, fr. AS. earh timid.]
1. Serving to inspire fear, esp. a dread of seeing ghosts; wild; weird; as, eerie stories. She whose elfin prancer springs By night to eery warblings. Tennyson.
2. Affected with fear; affrighted. Burns.