{ } a. [ Scotch, fr. AS. earh timid. ] 1. Serving to inspire fear, esp. a dread of seeing ghosts; wild; weird; as, eerie stories. [ 1913 Webster ]
She whose elfin prancer springs By night to eery warblings. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Affected with fear; affrighted. Burns. [ 1913 Webster ]