The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Earing \Ear"ing\, n.
Coming into ear, as corn.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Earing \Ear"ing\, n.
A plowing of land. [Archaic]
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Neither earing nor harvest. --Gen. xlv. 6.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary:
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.