Earing

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ear \Ear\ ([=e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Eared} ([=e]rd); p. pr.
     & vb. n. {Earing}.]
     To take in with the ears; to hear. [Sportive] "I eared her
     language." --Two Noble Kinsmen.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Earing \Ear"ing\, n.
     Coming into ear, as corn.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Earing \Ear"ing\, n.
     A plowing of land. [Archaic]
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           Neither earing nor harvest.              --Gen. xlv. 6.
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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.