Part 3564

<h1>Earldom</h1> <Xpage=465>

<hw>Earl"dom</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>eorl-d<?/m</ets>; <ets>eorl</ets> man, noble + <ets>-d<?/m</ets> -dom.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The jurisdiction of an earl; the territorial possessions of an earl.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The status, title, or dignity of an earl.</def>

<blockquote>He [Pulteney] shrunk into insignificancy and an <b>earldom</b>. <i>Chesterfield.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Earldorman</h1> <Xpage=465>

<hw>Earl"dor*man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Alderman.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Earlduck</h1> <Xpage=465>

<hw>Earl"duck`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The red-breasted merganser (<spn>Merganser serrator</spn>).</def>

<h1>Earles penny</h1> <Xpage=465>

<hw>Earles" pen`ny</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[Cf. <er>Arles</er>, 4th <er>Earnest</er>.]</ety> <def>Earnest money. Same as <er>Arles penny</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Earless</h1> <Xpage=465>

<hw>Ear"less</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Without ears; hence, deaf or unwilling to hear.</def>

<i>Pope.</i>

<h1>Earlet</h1> <Xpage=465>

<hw>Ear"let</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Ear</ets> + <ets>-let</ets>.]</ety> <def>An earring.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The Ismaelites were accustomed to wear golden <b>earlets</b>. <i>Judg. viii. 24 (Douay version).</i></blockquote>

<h1>Earliness</h1> <Xpage=465>

<hw>Ear"li*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being early or forward; promptness.</def>

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

<hw>Earl" mar"shal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>An officer of state in England who marshals and orders all great ceremonials, takes cognizance of matters relating to honor, arms, and pedigree, and directs the proclamation of peace and war. The court of chivalry was formerly under his jurisdiction, and he is still the head of the herald's office or college of arms.</def>

<h1>Earlock</h1> <Xpage=465>

<hw>Ear"lock`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>e\'a0r-locca</ets>.]</ety> <def>A lock or curl of hair near the ear; a lovelock. See <er>Lovelock</er>.</def>

<h1>Early</h1> <Xpage=465>

<hw>Ear"ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>erli</ets>, <ets>erliche</ets>, AS. <ets><?/rl\'c6ce</ets>; <ets><?/r</ets> sooner + <ets>l\'c6c</ets> like. See <er>Ere</er>, and <er>Like</er>.]</ety> <def>Soon; in good season; seasonably; betimes; <as>as, come <ex>early</ex></as>.</def>

<blockquote>Those that me <b>early</b> shall find me. <i>Prov. viii. 17.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>You must wake and call me <b>early</b>. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Early</h1> <Xpage=465>