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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary : [ easton ]


  Ear
     used frequently in a figurative sense (Ps. 34:15). To "uncover
     the ear" is to show respect to a person (1 Sam. 20:2 marg.). To
     have the "ear heavy", or to have "uncircumcised ears" (Isa.
     6:10), is to be inattentive and disobedient. To have the ear
     "bored" through with an awl was a sign of perpetual servitude
     (Ex. 21:6).

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Crossette \Cros*sette"\ (kr?s-s?t`), n. [F., dim. of crosse. See
     Crosier.] (Arch.)
     (a) A return in one of the corners of the architrave of a
         door or window; -- called also ancon, ear, elbow.
     (b) The shoulder of a joggled keystone.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Ear \Ear\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eared; 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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Ear \Ear\, n. [AS. ear; akin to D. aar, OHG. ahir, G. ["a]hre,
     Icel., Sw., & Dan. ax, Goth. ahs. ???. Cf. Awn, Edge.]
     The spike or head of any cereal (as, wheat, rye, barley,
     Indian corn, etc.), containing the kernels.
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           First the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn
           in the ear.                              --Mark iv. 28.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Ear \Ear\, v. i.
     To put forth ears in growing; to form ears, as grain; as,
     this corn ears well.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Ear \Ear\, v. t. [OE. erien, AS. erian; akin to OFries. era,
     OHG. erran, MHG. eren, ern, Prov. G. aren, ["a]ren, Icel.
     erja, Goth. arjan, Lith. arti, OSlav. orati, L. arare, Gr. ?.
     Cf. Arable.]
     To plow or till; to cultivate. ``To ear the land.'' --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Ear \Ear\, n. [AS. e['a]re; akin to OFries. ['a]re, ['a]r, OS.
     ?ra, D. oor, OHG. ?ra, G. ohr, Icel. eyra, Sw. ["o]ra, Dan.
     ["o]re, Goth. auso, L. auris, Lith. ausis, Russ. ukho, Gr. ?;
     cf. L. audire to hear, Gr. ?, Skr. av to favor, protect. Cf.
     Auricle, Orillon.]
     1. The organ of hearing; the external ear.
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     Note: 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 pinna or auricle
           and meatus or external opening; the middle ear, drum,
           or tympanum; and the internal ear, or labyrinth. The
           middle ear is a cavity connected by the Eustachian tube
           with the pharynx, separated from the opening of the
           external ear by the tympanic membrane, and containing a
           chain of three small bones, or ossicles, named malleus,
           incus, and stapes, 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 membranous labyrinth, a complicated system of sacs
           and tubes filled with a fluid (the endolymph), and
           lodged in a cavity, called the bony labyrinth, 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 vestibule,
           into which three semicircular canals and the canal of
           the cochlea (spirally coiled in mammals) open. The
           vestibular portion of the membranous labyrinth consists
           of two sacs, the utriculus and sacculus, 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
           organ of Corti. 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.
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     2. The sense of hearing; the perception of sounds; the power
        of discriminating between different tones; as, a nice ear
        for music; -- in the singular only.
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              Songs . . . not all ungrateful to thine ear.
                                                    --Tennyson.
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     3. 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, the ears of a tub, a skillet, or dish. The ears of a
        boat are outside kneepieces near the bow. See Illust. of
        Bell.
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     4. (Arch.)
        (a) Same as Acroterium.
        (b) Same as Crossette.
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     5. Privilege of being kindly heard; favor; attention.
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              Dionysius . . . would give no ear to his suit.
                                                    --Bacon.
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              Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.
                                                    --Shak.
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     About the ears, in close proximity to; near at hand.
  
     By the ears, in close contest; as, to set by the ears; to
        fall together by the ears; to be by the ears.
  
     Button ear (in dogs), an ear which falls forward and
        completely hides the inside.
  
     Ear finger, the little finger.
  
     Ear of Dionysius, 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.
  
     Ear sand (Anat.), otoliths. See Otolith.
  
     Ear snail (Zo["o]l.), any snail of the genus Auricula and
        allied genera.
  
     Ear stones (Anat.), otoliths. See Otolith.
  
     Ear trumpet, 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.
  
     Ear vesicle (Zo["o]l.), 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.
  
     Rose ear (in dogs), an ear which folds backward and shows
        part of the inside.
  
     To give ear to, to listen to; to heed, as advice or one
        advising. ``Give ear unto my song.'' --Goldsmith.
  
     To have one's ear, to be listened to with favor.
  
     Up to the ears, deeply submerged; almost overwhelmed; as,
        to be in trouble up to one's ears. [Colloq.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  canon \can"on\ (k[a^]n"[u^]n), n. [OE. canon, canoun, AS. canon
     rule (cf. F. canon, LL. canon, and, for sense 7, F. chanoine,
     LL. canonicus), fr. L. canon a measuring line, rule, model,
     fr. Gr. kanw`n rule, rod, fr. ka`nh, ka`nnh, reed. See
     Cane, and cf. Canonical.]
     1. A law or rule.
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              Or that the Everlasting had not fixed
              His canon 'gainst self-slaughter.     --Shak.
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     2. (Eccl.) A law, or rule of doctrine or discipline, enacted
        by a council and confirmed by the pope or the sovereign; a
        decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by
        ecclesiastical authority.
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              Various canons which were made in councils held in
              the second centry.                    --Hook.
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     3. The collection of books received as genuine Holy
        Scriptures, called the sacred canon, or general rule of
        moral and religious duty, given by inspiration; the Bible;
        also, any one of the canonical Scriptures. See Canonical
        books, under Canonical, a.
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     4. In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious
        order.
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     5. A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the
        Roman Catholic Church.
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     6. A member of a cathedral chapter; a person who possesses a
        prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.
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     7. (Mus.) A musical composition in which the voices begin one
        after another, at regular intervals, successively taking
        up the same subject. It either winds up with a coda
        (tailpiece), or, as each voice finishes, commences anew,
        thus forming a perpetual fugue or round. It is the
        strictest form of imitation. See Imitation.
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     8. (Print.) The largest size of type having a specific name;
        -- so called from having been used for printing the canons
        of the church.
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     9. The part of a bell by which it is suspended; -- called
        also ear and shank.
  
     Note: [See Illust. of Bell.] --Knight.
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     10. (Billiards) See Carom.
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     Apostolical canons. See under Apostolical.
  
     Augustinian canons, Black canons. See under
        Augustinian.
  
     Canon capitular, Canon residentiary, a resident member of
        a cathedral chapter (during a part or the whole of the
        year).
  
     Canon law. See under Law.
  
     Canon of the Mass (R. C. Ch.), that part of the mass,
        following the Sanctus, which never changes.
  
     Honorary canon, a canon[6] who neither lived in a
        monastery, nor kept the canonical hours.
  
     Minor canon (Ch. of Eng.), one who has been admitted to a
        chapter, but has not yet received a prebend.
  
     Regular canon (R. C. Ch.), one who lived in a conventual
        community and followed the rule of St. Austin; a Black
        canon.
  
     Secular canon (R. C. Ch.), one who did not live in a
        monastery, but kept the hours.
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