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Webster 1913 Edition


Eared

Eared

,
Adj.
1.
Having (such or so many) ears; – used in composition;
as, long-
eared-eared
; sharp-
eared
; full-
eared
; ten-
eared
.
2.
(Zoöl.)
Having external ears; having tufts of feathers resembling ears.
Eared owl
(Zoöl.)
,
an owl having earlike tufts of feathers, as the
long-eared owl
, and
short-eared owl
.
Eared seal
(Zoöl.)
,
any seal of the family
Otariidæ
, including the fur seals and hair seals. See
Seal
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Eared

E'ARED

,
pp.
Having ears; having spikes formed, as corn.

Definition 2024


eared

eared

English

Adjective

eared (not comparable)

  1. (chiefly in combination) Having ears (of a specified type).
    • c. 1599, William Shakespeare, Henry V, Act II, Scene 1,
      Pish for thee, Iceland dog! thou prick-ear'd cur of Iceland!
    • 1796, Nicholas Brady and Nahum Tate, A New Version of the Psalms of David, Fitted to the Tunes Used in Church, London: H.D. Symonds, Psalm 126 verse 6, p. 81,
      Tho' he despond that sows his grain, / To bind his full-ear'd sheaves, and bring / from long captivity,
    • 1835, William Wordsworth, "On a High Part of the Coast of Cumberland," line 19-20, in The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, edited by William Knight, Volume VII, London: Macmillan & Co., 1896,
      Teach me with quick-eared spirit to rejoice / In admonitions of thy softest voice!
    • 1879, Gerard Manley Hopkins, "Duns Scotus's Oxford," line 3, in Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins, edited by Robert Bridges, London: Humphrey Milford, no date, p. 41,
      The dapple-eared lily below thee;
    • 1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Part Two, Chapter 1,
      He might have flinched altogether from speaking if at this moment he had not seen Ampleforth, the hairy-eared poet, wandering limply round the room with a tray, looking for a place to sit down.
    • 1960, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Perennial Classics, 2002, Part Two, Chapter 28, p. 305,
      Some of his rural clients would park their long-eared steeds under the chinaberry trees in the back yard, and Atticus would keep appointments on the back steps.
    He was a large-eared man.

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Verb

eared

  1. simple past tense and past participle of ear

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