Obs. Also 7 ayre, ayrie. [f. prec. sb.] To build an aerie or nest.
1616. Surflet & Markh., Country Farme, 79. [Storks] in the time of their ayring and bringing vp of their young ones … doe ayre and neast themselues willingly also in the tops of high Towers.
1672. Josselyn, New Eng. Rarities, 41. She ayries in the woods upon the high hills.
