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1.                 From 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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2.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   Earing \Ear"ing\, n.
      Coming into ear, as corn.
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3.                 From 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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4.                 From 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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