Part 3563

<hw>Ear"cap`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A cap or cover to protect the ear from cold.</def>

<h1>Earcockle</h1> <Xpage=465>

<hw>Ear"coc`kle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A disease in wheat, in which the blackened and contracted grain, or ear, is filled with minute worms.</def>

<h1>Eardrop</h1> <Xpage=465>

<hw>Ear"drop`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A pendant for the ear; an earring; <as>as, a pair of <ex>eardrops</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A species of primrose. See <er>Auricula</er>.</def>

<h1>Eardrum</h1> <Xpage=465>

<hw>Ear"drum`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The tympanum. See <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Ear</er>.</def>

<h1>Eared</h1> <Xpage=465>

<hw>Eared</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Having (such or so many) ears; -- used in composition; <as>as, long-<ex>eared-eared</ex>; sharp-<ex>eared</ex>; full-<ex>eared</ex>; ten-<ex>eared</ex>.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having external ears; having tufts of feathers resembling ears.</def>

<cs><col>Eared owl</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>an owl having earlike tufts of feathers, as the <i>long-eared owl<i>, and <i>short-eared owl<i>.</cd> -- <col>Eared seal</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>any seal of the family <spn>Otariid\'91</spn>, including the fur seals and hair seals. See <er>Seal</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Eariness</h1> <Xpage=465>

<hw>Ear"i*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Scotch <ets>ery</ets> or <ets>eiry</ets> affected with fear.]</ety> <def>Fear or timidity, especially of something supernatural.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>eiryness</asp>.]</altsp>

<blockquote>The sense of <b>eariness</b>, as twilight came on. <i>De Quincey.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Earing</h1> <Xpage=465>

<hw>Ear"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A line used to fasten the upper corners of a sail to the yard or gaff; -- also called <i>head earing</i></def>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A line for hauling the reef cringle to the yard; -- also called <i>reef earing</i></def>. <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A line fastening the corners of an awning to the rigging or stanchions.</def>

<h1>Earing</h1> <Xpage=465>

<hw>Ear"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Coming into ear, as corn.</def>

<h1>Earing</h1> <Xpage=465>

<hw>Ear"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A plowing of land.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<blockquote>Neither <b>earing</b> nor harvest. <i>Gen. xlv. 6.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Earl</h1> <Xpage=465>

<hw>Earl</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>eorl</ets>, <ets>erl</ets>, AS. <ets>eorl</ets> man, noble; akin to OS. <ets>erl</ets> boy, man, Icel. <ets>jarl</ets> nobleman, count, and possibly to Gr. <?/ male, Zend <ets>arshan</ets> man. Cf. <er>Jarl</er>.]</ety> <def>A nobleman of England ranking below a marquis, and above a viscount. The rank of an earl corresponds to that of a <i>count</i> (<i>comte</i>) in France, and <i>graf</i> in Germany. Hence the wife of an earl is still called countess. See <er>Count</er>.</def>

<h1>Earl</h1> <Xpage=465>

<hw>Earl</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The needlefish.</def> <mark>[Ireland]</mark>

<h1>Earlap</h1> <Xpage=465>

<hw>Ear"lap`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The lobe of the ear.</def>