A large bird of prey; from the figure of an eagle, the military standard of anc. Rome, now of France, and of U. S. of Amer.; in Amer. a gold coin equal to 10 dollars.
An Eng. measure of length or distance of 1760 yards- also called the statute mile, from having been incidentally defined in a statute of Queen Elizabeth; a measure of length differing widely in European countries. ...