earing
耳索
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.”
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.
Ear·ing, n. Coming into ear, as corn.
Ear·ing, n. A plowing of land. [Archaic]
Neither earing nor harvest. --Gen. xlv. 6.
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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.