Ear

Name: American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 - Ear
Author: Noah Webster

E’AR, n. [L. auris, whence auricula; audio.]

1. The organ of hearing; the organ by which sound is perceived; and in general, both the external and internal part is understood by the term. The external ear is a cartilaginous funnel, attached, by ligaments and muscles, to the temporal bone.

2. The sense of hearing, or rather the power of distinguishing sounds and judging of harmony; the power of nice perception of the differences of sound, or of consonances and dissonances. She has a delicate ear for music, or a good ear.

3. In the plural, the head or person.

It is better to pass over an affront from one scoundrel,than to draw a herd about one’s ears.

4. The top, or highest part.

The cavalier was up to the ears in love.

5. A favorable hearing; attention; heed; regard. Give no

ear to flattery.

I cried to God--and he gave ear to me. Psa 77.

He could not gain the prince’s ear.

6. Disposition to like or dislike what is heard; opinion; judgment; taste.

He laid his sense closer--according to the style and ear of those times.

7. Any part of a thing resembling an ear; a projecting part from the side of any thing; as the ears of a vessel used as handles.

8. The spike of corn; that part of certain plants which contains the flowers and seeds; as an ear of wheat or maiz.

To be by the ears,------------------

To fall together by the ears,------- to fight or scuffle; to

To go together by the ears,--------- quarrel.

To set by the ears, to make strife; to cause to quarrel.

EAR, v.i. To shoot, as an ear; to form ears, as corn.

EAR, v.t. [L. aro.] To plow or till.

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Chicago: Noah Webster Jr., "Ear," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed September 10, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=DMVQTMET6N8EMP1.

MLA: Webster, Noah, Jr. "Ear." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 10 Sep. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=DMVQTMET6N8EMP1.

Harvard: Webster, N, 'Ear' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 10 September 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=DMVQTMET6N8EMP1.