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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ear \Ear\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Eared}; p. pr & vb n. {Earing}.] To take in with the ears; to hear. [Sportive] ``I eared her language.'' --Two Noble Kinsmen. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Earing \Ear"ing\, n. (Naut.) a A line used to fasten the upper corners of a sail to the yard or gaff; -- also called {head earing}. b A line for hauling the reef cringle to the yard; -- also called reef earing. c A line fastening the corners of an awning to the rigging or stanchions. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Earing \Ear"ing\, n. Coming into ear, as corn. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Earing \Ear"ing\, n. A plowing of land. [Archaic] Neither earing nor harvest. --Gen. xlv. 6. From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Earing an Old English word (from the Latin aro, I plough), meaning "ploughing." It is used in the Authorized Version in Gen. 45:6; Ex 34:21; 1 Sam. 8:12; Deut. 21:4; Isa. 30:24; but the Revised Version has rendered the original in these places by the ordinary word to plough or till.
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