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+<p><-- Begin file 5 of 26: Letter E (Version 0.46)
+
+ This file is part 5 of the GNU version of
+ The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
+ Also referred to as GCIDE
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+
+ This dictionary was derived from the
+ Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
+ Version published 1913
+ by the C. & G. Merriam Co.
+ Springfield, Mass.
+ Under the direction of
+ Noah Porter, D.D., LL.D.
+
+ and from
+ WordNet, a semantic network created by
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+ of Princeton University
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+
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+ Last edit January 17, 2002.
+
+--></p>
+
+<p><-- D ends and E begins in the middle of page 464 --></p>
+
+<p><centered><point26>E.</point26></centered><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>E</hw> <pr>(<emac/)</pr>. <sn>1.</sn> <def>The fifth letter of the English alphabet.</def> <note>It derives its form, name, and value from the Latin, the form and value being further derived from the Greek, into which it came from the Ph\'d2nician, and ultimately, probably, from the Egyptian. Its etymological relations are closest with the vowels <xex>i</xex>, <xex>a</xex>, and <xex>o</xex>, as illustrated by to f<xex>a</xex>ll, to f<xex>e</xex>ll; m<xex>a</xex>n, pl. m<xex>e</xex>n; dr<xex>i</xex>nk, dr<xex>a</xex>nk, dr<xex>e</xex>nch; d<xex>i</xex>nt, d<xex>e</xex>nt; d<xex>oo</xex>m, d<xex>ee</xex>m; g<xex>oo</xex>se, pl. g<xex>ee</xex>se; b<xex>ee</xex>f, OF. b<xex>oe</xex>f, L. b<xex>o</xex>s; and E. ch<xex>ee</xex>r, OF. ch<xex>ie</xex>re, LL. <xex>ca</xex>ra.</note><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><note>The letter <xex>e</xex> has in English several vowel sounds, the two principal being its long or name sound, as in <xex>e</xex>ve, m<xex>e</xex>, and the short, as in <xex>e</xex>nd, b<xex>e</xex>st. Usually at the end of words it is silent, but serves to indicate that the preceding vowel has its long sound, where otherwise it would be short, as in <xex>m\'bene</xex>, <xex>c\'bene</xex>, <xex>m<emac/te</xex>, which without the final <xex>e</xex> would be pronounced <xex>m<acr/n</xex>, <xex>c<acr/n</xex>, <xex>m<ecr/t</xex>. After <xex>c</xex> and <xex>g</xex>, the final <xex>e</xex> indicates that these letters are to be pronounced as <xex>s</xex> and <xex>j</xex>; respectively, as in <xex>lace</xex>, <xex>rage</xex>.</note></p>
+
+<p>See <xex>Guide to Pronunciation</xex>, <sect/<sect/ 74-97.<br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>E is the third tone of the model diatonic scale. E<flat/ (E flat) is a tone which is intermediate between D and E.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>E-</hw>. <def>A Latin prefix meaning <xex>out</xex>, <xex>out of</xex>, <xex>from</xex>; also, <xex>without</xex>. See <er>Ex-</er>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ea</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>the Akkadian god of wisdom; son of Apsu and father of Marduk; counterpart of the Sumerian Enki.</def><br/
+[<source>PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>the Babylonian god of waters and one of the supreme triad including Anu and Bel.</def><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Each</hw> <pr>(<emac/ch)</pr>, <pos>a. <or/ a. pron.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>eche</ets>, <ets>\'91lc</ets>, <ets>elk</ets>, <ets>ilk</ets>, AS. <ets>\'91lc</ets>; <ets>\'be</ets> always + <ets>gel\'c6c</ets> like; akin to OD. <ets>iegelik</ets>, OHG. <ets><emac/ogil\'c6h</ets>, MHG. <ets>iegel\'c6ch</ets>, G. <ets>jeglich</ets>. <root/209. See 3d <er>Aye</er>, <er>Like</er>, and cf. <er>Either</er>, <er>Every</er>, <er>Ilk</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Every one of the two or more individuals composing a number of objects, considered separately from the rest. It is used either with or without a following noun; <as>as, <ex>each</ex> of you or <ex>each</ex> one of you</as>.</def> \'bd<xex>Each</xex> of the combatants.\'b8 <rj><au>Fielding.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><note><hand/ To <xex>each</xex> corresponds <xex>other</xex>. \'bdLet <xex>each</xex> esteem <xex>other</xex> better than himself.\'b8 <xex>Each other</xex>, used elliptically for <xex>each the other</xex>. It is our duty to assist <xex>each other</xex>; that is, it is our duty, <xex>each</xex> to assist the <xex>other</xex>, <xex>each</xex> being in the nominative and <xex>other</xex> in the objective case.</note><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>It is a bad thing that men should hate <qex>each</qex> other; but it is far worse that they should contract the habit of cutting one another's throats without hatred.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>Let <qex>each</qex><br/
+His adamantine coat gird well.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>In <qex>each</qex> cheek appears a pretty dimple.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>Then draw we nearer day by day,<br/
+<qex>Each</qex> to his brethren, all to God.</q> <rj><qau>Keble.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>The oak and the elm have <qex>each</qex> a distinct character.</q> <rj><qau>Gilpin.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Every; -- sometimes used interchangeably with <xex>every</xex>.</def> <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>I know <qex>each</qex> lane and every alley green.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>In short <qex>each</qex> man's happiness depends upon himself.</q> <rj><qau>Sterne.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><note><hand/ This use of <xex>each</xex> for <xex>every</xex>, though common in Scotland and in America, is now un-English.</note> <rj><au>Fitzed. Hall.</au></rj></p>
+
+<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- See <er>Every</er>.</syn><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Each"where`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Everywhere.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>The sky <qex>eachwhere</qex> did show full bright and fair.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Eacles</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a genus of moths including the <stype>imperial moth</stype> (<spn>Eacles imperialis</spn>).</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Eacles</gen>.</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ead"ish</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Eddish</er>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ea"ger</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>egre</ets> sharp, sour, eager, OF. <ets>agre</ets>, <ets>aigre</ets>, F. <ets>aigre</ets>, fr. L. <ets>acer</ets> sharp, sour, spirited, zealous; akin to Gr. <?/ highest, extreme, Skr. <ets>a<?/ra</ets> point; fr. a root signifying <ets>to be sharp</ets>. Cf. <er>Acrid</er>, <er>Edge</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Sharp; sour; acid.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> \'bdLike <xex>eager</xex> droppings into milk.\'b8 <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Sharp; keen; bitter; severe.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> \'bdA nipping and an <xex>eager</xex> air.\'b8 \'bd<xex>Eager</xex> words.\'b8 <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Excited by desire in the pursuit of any object; ardent to pursue, perform, or obtain; keenly desirous; hotly longing; earnest; zealous; impetuous; vehement; <as>as, the hounds were <ex>eager</ex> in the chase</as>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>And gazed for tidings in my <qex>eager</qex> eyes.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>How <qex>eagerly</qex> ye follow my disgraces!</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>When to her <qex>eager</qex> lips is brought<br/
+Her infant's thrilling kiss.</q> <rj><qau>Keble.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>A crowd of <qex>eager</qex> and curious schoolboys.</q> <rj><qau>Hawthorne.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>Conceit and grief an <qex>eager</qex> combat fight.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Brittle; inflexible; not ductile.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>Gold will be sometimes so <qex>eager</qex>, as artists call it, that it will as little endure the hammer as glass itself.</q> <rj><qau>Locke.</qau></rj></p>
+
+<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Earnest; ardent; vehement; hot; impetuous; fervent; intense; impassioned; zealous; forward.</syn> <usage>See <er>Earnest</er>. -- <er>Eager</er>, <er>Earnest</er>. <xex>Eager</xex> marks an excited state of desire or passion; thus, a child is <xex>eager</xex> for a plaything, a hungry man is <xex>eager</xex> for food, a covetous man is <xex>eager</xex> for gain. Eagerness is liable to frequent abuses, and is good or bad, as the case may be. It relates to what is praiseworthy or the contrary. <xex>Earnest</xex> denotes a permanent state of mind, feeling, or sentiment. It is always taken in a good sense; <as>as, a preacher is <ex>earnest</ex> in his appeals to the conscience; an agent is <ex>earnest</ex> in his solicitations</as>.</usage><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ea"ger</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Eagre</er>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ea"ger*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an eager manner.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ea"ger*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The state or quality of being eager; ardent desire.</def> \'bdThe <xex>eagerness</xex> of love.\'b8 <rj><au>Addison.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Tartness; sourness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></p>
+
+<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Ardor; vehemence; earnestness; impetuosity; heartiness; fervor; fervency; avidity; zeal; craving; heat; passion; greediness.</syn><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ea"gle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>egle</ets>, F. <ets>aigle</ets>, fr. L. <ets>aquila</ets>; prob. named from its color, fr. <ets>aquilus</ets> dark-colored, brown; cf. Lith. <ets>aklas</ets> blind. Cf. <er>Aquiline</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Any large, rapacious bird of the Falcon family, esp. of the genera <gen>Aquila</gen> and <gen>Hali\'91etus</gen>. The eagle is remarkable for strength, size, graceful figure, keenness of vision, and extraordinary flight. The most noted species are the golden eagle (<spn>Aquila chrysa\'89tus</spn>); the imperial eagle of Europe (<spn>Aquila mogilnik</spn> <it>or</it> <spn>Aquila imperialis</spn>); the American bald eagle (<spn>Hali\'91etus leucocephalus</spn>); the European sea eagle (<spn>Hali\'91etus albicilla</spn>); and the great harpy eagle (<spn>Thrasaetus harpyia</spn>). The figure of the eagle, as the king of birds, is commonly used as an heraldic emblem, and also for standards and emblematic devices. See <er>Bald eagle</er>, <er>Harpy</er>, and <er>Golden eagle</er>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A gold coin of the United States, of the value of ten dollars.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>A northern constellation, containing Altair, a star of the first magnitude. See <er>Aquila</er>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>The figure of an eagle borne as an emblem on the standard of the ancient Romans, or so used upon the seal or standard of any people.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>Though the Roman <qex>eagle</qex> shadow thee.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><note><hand/ Some modern nations, as the United States, and France under the Bonapartes, have adopted the eagle as their national emblem. Russia, Austria, and Prussia have for an emblem a double-headed eagle.</note><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><cs><col><b>Bald eagle</b></col>. <cd>See <er>Bald eagle</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Bold eagle</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Bold</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Double eagle</b></col>, <cd>a gold coin of the United States worth twenty dollars.</cd> -- <col><b>Eagle hawk</b></col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a large, crested, South American hawk of the genus <gen>Morphnus</gen>.</cd> -- <col><b>Eagle owl</b></col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>any large owl of the genus <gen>Bubo</gen>, and allied genera; as the American great horned owl (<spn>Bubo Virginianus</spn>), and the allied European species (<spn>B. maximus</spn>). See <er>Horned owl</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Eagle ray</b></col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>any large species of ray of the genus <gen>Myliobatis</gen> (esp. <spn>M. aquila</spn>).</cd> -- <col><b>Eagle vulture</b></col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a large West African bid (<spn>Gypohierax Angolensis</spn>), intermediate, in several respects, between the eagles and vultures.</cd></cs><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ea"gle-eyed`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Sharp-sighted as an eagle.</def> \'bdInwardly <xex>eagle-eyed</xex>.\'b8 <rj><au>Howell.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ea"gle-sight`ed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Farsighted and strong-sighted; sharp-sighted.</def> <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><-- p. 465 --></p>
+
+<p><hw>Ea"gless</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>aiglesse</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A female or hen eagle.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> <rj><au>Sherwood.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ea"gle*stone</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A concretionary nodule of clay ironstone, of the size of a walnut or larger, so called by the ancients, who believed that the eagle transported these stones to her nest to facilitate the laying of her eggs; a\'89tites.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ea"glet</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>aiglet</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A young eagle, or a diminutive eagle.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ea"gle-winged`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having the wings of an eagle; swift, or soaring high, like an eagle.</def> <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ea"gle*wood`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From Skr. <ets>aguru</ets>, through Pg. <ets>aguila</ets>; cf. F. bois d'<ets>aigle</ets>.]</ety> <def>A kind of fragrant wood. See <er>Agallochum</er>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ea"grass</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Eddish</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ea"gre</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>e\'a0gor</ets>, <ets><?/gor</ets>, in comp., water, sea, <ets>e\'a0gor-stre\'a0m</ets> water stream, sea.]</ety> <def>A wave, or two or three successive waves, of great height and violence, at flood tide moving up an estuary or river; -- commonly called the <xex>bore</xex>. See <er>Bore</er>.</def></p>
+
+<p><mhw>{ <hw>Eal"der*man</hw>, <hw>Eal"dor*man</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An alderman.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Eale</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Ale</er>.]</ety> <def>Ale.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Eame</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>e\'a0m</ets>; akin to D. <ets>oom</ets>, G. <ets>ohm</ets>, <ets>oheim</ets>; cf. L. <ets>avunculus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Uncle.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ean</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t. & i.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>e\'a0nian</ets>. See <er>Yean</er>.]</ety> <def>To bring forth, as young; to yean.</def> \'bdIn <xex>eaning</xex> time.\'b8 <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ean"ling</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Ean</er>, <er>Yeanling</er>.]</ety> <def>A lamb just brought forth; a yeanling.</def> <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ear</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>e\'a0re</ets>; akin to OFries. <ets>\'a0re</ets>, <ets>\'a0r</ets>, OS. <ets><?/ra</ets>, D. <ets>oor</ets>, OHG. <ets><?/ra</ets>, G. <ets>ohr</ets>, Icel. <ets>eyra</ets>, Sw. <ets>\'94ra</ets>, Dan. <ets>\'94re</ets>, Goth. <ets>auso</ets>, L. <ets>auris</ets>, Lith. <ets>ausis</ets>, Russ. <ets>ukho</ets>, Gr. <?/; cf. L. <ets>audire</ets> to hear, Gr. <?/, Skr. <ets>av</ets> to favor , protect. Cf. <er>Auricle</er>, <er>Orillon</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The organ of hearing; the external ear.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><note><hand/ In man and the higher vertebrates, the organ of hearing is very complicated, and is divisible into three parts: the external ear, which includes the <part>pinna</part> or <part>auricle</part> and <part>meatus</part> or external opening; the middle ear, drum, or <part>tympanum</part>; and the internal ear, or <part>labyrinth</part>. The middle ear is a cavity connected by the <part>Eustachian tube</part> with the pharynx, separated from the opening of the external ear by the <part>tympanic membrane</part>, and containing a chain of three small bones, or ossicles, named <part>malleus</part>, <part>incus</part>, and <part>stapes</part>, which connect this membrane with the internal ear. The essential part of the internal ear where the fibers of the auditory nerve terminate, is the <part>membranous labyrinth</part>, a complicated system of sacs and tubes filled with a fluid (the endolymph), and lodged in a cavity, called the <part>bony labyrinth</part>, in the periotic bone. The membranous labyrinth does not completely fill the bony labyrinth, but is partially suspended in it in a fluid (the perilymph). The bony labyrinth consists of a central cavity, the <part>vestibule</part>, into which three <part>semicircular canals</part> and the canal of the <part>cochlea</part> (spirally coiled in mammals) open. The vestibular portion of the membranous labyrinth consists of two sacs, the <part>utriculus</part> and <part>sacculus</part>, connected by a narrow tube, into the former of which three membranous semicircular canals open, while the latter is connected with a membranous tube in the cochlea containing the <part>organ of Corti</part>. By the help of the external ear the sonorous vibrations of the air are concentrated upon the tympanic membrane and set it vibrating, the chain of bones in the middle ear transmits these vibrations to the internal ear, where they cause certain delicate structures in the organ of Corti, and other parts of the membranous labyrinth, to stimulate the fibers of the auditory nerve to transmit sonorous impulses to the brain.</note><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The sense of hearing; the perception of sounds; the power of discriminating between different tones; <as>as, a nice <ex>ear</ex> for music</as>; -- in the singular only.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>Songs . . . not all ungrateful to thine <qex>ear</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>That which resembles in shape or position the ear of an animal; any prominence or projection on an object, -- usually one for support or attachment; a lug; a handle; <as>as, the <ex>ears</ex> of a tub, a skillet, or dish</as>. The <xex>ears</xex> of a boat are outside kneepieces near the bow. See <xex>Illust.</xex> of <er>Bell</er>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Same as <er>Acroterium</er>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Same as <er>Crossette</er>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Privilege of being kindly heard; favor; attention.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>Dionysius . . . would give no <qex>ear</qex> to his suit.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your <qex>ears</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><cs><col><b>About the ears</b></col>, <cd>in close proximity to; near at hand.</cd> -- <col><b>By the ears</b></col>, <cd>in close contest; as, to set <xex>by the ears</xex>; to fall together <xex>by the ears</xex>; to be <xex>by the ears</xex>.</cd> -- <col><b>Button ear</b></col> (in dogs), <cd>an ear which falls forward and completely hides the inside.</cd> -- <col><b>Ear finger</b></col>, <cd>the little finger.</cd> -- <col><b>Ear of Dionysius</b></col>, <cd>a kind of ear trumpet with a flexible tube; -- named from the Sicilian tyrant, who constructed a device to overhear the prisoners in his dungeons.</cd> -- <col><b>Ear sand</b></col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>otoliths. See <er>Otolith</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Ear snail</b></col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>any snail of the genus <gen>Auricula</gen> and allied genera.</cd> -- <col><b>Ear stones</b></col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>otoliths. See <er>Otolith</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Ear trumpet</b></col>, <cd>an instrument to aid in hearing. It consists of a tube broad at the outer end, and narrowing to a slender extremity which enters the ear, thus collecting and intensifying sounds so as to assist the hearing of a partially deaf person.</cd> -- <col><b>Ear vesicle</b></col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a simple auditory organ, occurring in many worms, mollusks, etc. It consists of a small sac containing a fluid and one or more solid concretions or otocysts.</cd> -- <col><b>Rose ear</b></col> (in dogs), <cd>an ear which folds backward and shows part of the inside.</cd> -- <col><b>To give ear to</b></col>, <cd>to listen to; to heed, as advice or one advising.</cd> \'bd<xex>Give ear unto</xex> my song.\'b8 <au>Goldsmith.</au> -- <col><b>To have one's ear</b></col>, <cd>to be listened to with favor.</cd> -- <col><b>Up to the ears</b></col>, <cd>deeply submerged; almost overwhelmed; as, to be in trouble <xex>up to one's ears</xex>.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark></cs><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ear</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Eared</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Earing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To take in with the ears; to hear.</def> <mark>[Sportive]</mark> \'bdI <xex>eared</xex> her language.\'b8 <rj><au>Two Noble Kinsmen.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ear</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>ear</ets>; akin to D. <ets>aar</ets>, OHG. <ets>ahir</ets>, G. <ets>\'84hre</ets>, Icel., Sw., & Dan. <ets>ax</ets>, Goth. <ets>ahs</ets>. <ets><?/<?/<?/</ets>. Cf. <er>Awn</er>, <er>Edge</er>.]</ety> <def>The spike or head of any cereal (as, wheat, rye, barley, Indian corn, etc.), containing the kernels.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>First the blade, then the <qex>ear</qex>, after that the full corn in the <qex>ear</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Mark iv. 28.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ear</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To put forth ears in growing; to form ears, as grain; <as>as, this corn <ex>ears</ex> well</as>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ear</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>erien</ets>, AS. <ets>erian</ets>; akin to OFries. <ets>era</ets>, OHG. <ets>erran</ets>, MHG. <ets>eren</ets>, <ets>ern</ets>, Prov. G. <ets>aren</ets>, <ets>\'84ren</ets>, Icel. <ets>erja</ets>, Goth. <ets>arjan</ets>, Lith. <ets>arti</ets>, OSlav. <ets>orati</ets>, L. <ets>arare</ets>, Gr. <?/. Cf. <er>Arable</er>.]</ety> <def>To plow or till; to cultivate.</def> \'bdTo <xex>ear</xex> the land.\'b8 <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ear"a*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Arable; tillable.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ear"ache`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Ache or pain in the ear.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ear"al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Receiving by the ear.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Hewyt.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ear"-bored`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having the ear perforated.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ear"cap`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A cap or cover to protect the ear from cold.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ear"coc`kle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A disease in wheat, in which the blackened and contracted grain, or ear, is filled with minute worms.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ear"drop`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A pendant for the ear; an earring; <as>as, a pair of <ex>eardrops</ex></as>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A species of primrose. See <er>Auricula</er>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ear"drum`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The tympanum. See <xex>Illust.</xex> of <er>Ear</er>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Eared</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having (such or so many) ears; -- used in composition; <as>as, long-<ex>eared-eared</ex>; sharp-<ex>eared</ex>; full-<ex>eared</ex>; ten-<ex>eared</ex>.</as></def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having external ears; having tufts of feathers resembling ears.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><cs><col><b>Eared owl</b></col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>an owl having earlike tufts of feathers, as the <stype>long-eared owl</stype>, and <stype>short-eared owl</stype>.</cd> -- <col><b>Eared seal</b></col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>any seal of the family <fam>Otariid\'91</fam>, including the fur seals and hair seals. See <er>Seal</er>.</cd></cs><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>earflap</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>one of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm. On some hats the <ex>earflaps</ex> may be adjusted or tied to the top of the hat, and lowered when needed in colder weather.</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> earlap.</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ear"i*ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Scotch <ets>ery</ets> or <ets>eiry</ets> affected with fear.]</ety> <def>Fear or timidity, especially of something supernatural.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>eiryness</asp>.]</altsp><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>The sense of <qex>eariness</qex>, as twilight came on.</q> <rj><qau>De Quincey.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ear"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A line used to fasten the upper corners of a sail to the yard or gaff; -- also called <altname>head earing</altname>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A line for hauling the reef cringle to the yard; -- also called <xex>reef earing</xex>.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A line fastening the corners of an awning to the rigging or stanchions.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ear"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Coming into ear, as corn.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ear"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A plowing of land.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>Neither <qex>earing</qex> nor harvest.</q> <rj><qau>Gen. xlv. 6.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Earl</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>eorl</ets>, <ets>erl</ets>, AS. <ets>eorl</ets> man, noble; akin to OS. <ets>erl</ets> boy, man, Icel. <ets>jarl</ets> nobleman, count, and possibly to Gr. <?/ male, Zend <ets>arshan</ets> man. Cf. <er>Jarl</er>.]</ety> <def>A nobleman of England ranking below a marquis, and above a viscount. The rank of an earl corresponds to that of a <xex>count</xex> (<xex>comte</xex>) in France, and <xex>graf</xex> in Germany. Hence the wife of an earl is still called countess. See <er>Count</er>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Earl</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The needlefish.</def> <mark>[Ireland]</mark><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ear"lap`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The lobe of the ear.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Earl"dom</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>eorl-d<?/m</ets>; <ets>eorl</ets> man, noble + <ets>-d<?/m</ets> -dom.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The jurisdiction of an earl; the territorial possessions of an earl.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The status, title, or dignity of an earl.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>He [Pulteney] shrunk into insignificancy and an <qex>earldom</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Chesterfield.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Earl"dor*man</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Alderman.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Earl"duck`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The red-breasted merganser (<spn>Merganser serrator</spn>).</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Earles" pen`ny</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[Cf. <er>Arles</er>, 4th <er>Earnest</er>.]</ety> <def>Earnest money. Same as <er>Arles penny</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ear"less</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Without ears; hence, deaf or unwilling to hear.</def> <rj><au>Pope.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ear"let</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Ear</ets> + <ets>-let</ets>.]</ety> <def>An earring.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>The Ismaelites were accustomed to wear golden <qex>earlets</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Judg. viii. 24 (Douay version).</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>earlier</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>occurring at a prior time; <as>as, on <ex>earlier</ex> occasions</as>.</def><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>earliest</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>preceding all others in time.</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> premier, premiere.</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ear"li*ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of being early or forward; promptness.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Earl" mar"shal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <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><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ear"lock`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <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><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ear"ly</hw> <pr>(<etil/r"l<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>erli</ets>, <ets>erliche</ets>, AS. <ets><aemac/rl\'c6ce</ets>; <ets><aemac/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><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>Those that me <qex>early</qex> shall find me.</q> <rj><qau>Prov. viii. 17.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>You must wake and call me <qex>early</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ear"ly</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Earlier</adjf> <pr>(<etil/r"l<icr/*<etil/r)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Earliest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>earlich</ets>. <root/204. See <er>Early</er>, <pos>adv.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>In advance of the usual or appointed time; in good season; prior in time; among or near the first; -- opposed to <ant>late</ant>; <as>as, the <ex>early</ex> bird; an <ex>early</ex> spring; <ex>early</ex> fruit.</as></def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q><qex>Early</qex> and provident fear is the mother of safety.</q> <rj><qau>Burke.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>The doorsteps and threshold with the <qex>early</qex> grass springing up about them.</q> <rj><qau>Hawthorne.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Coming in the first part of a period of time, or among the first of successive acts, events, etc.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>Seen in life's <qex>early</qex> morning sky.</q> <rj><qau>Keble.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>The forms of its <qex>earlier</qex> manhood.</q> <rj><qau>Longfellow.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>The <qex>earliest</qex> poem he composed was in his seventeenth summer.</q> <rj><qau>J. C. Shairp.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><cs><col><b>Early English</b></col> <fld>(Philol.)</fld> <cd>See the Note under <er>English</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Early English architecture<