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(), n.[AS. ere; akin to OFries. re, r, OS. ra, D. oor, OHG. ra, G. ohr, Icel. eyra, Sw. ra, Dan. 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. 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 s 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. Ear n.[AS. ear; akin to D. aar, OHG. ahir, G. 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. First the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. Mark iv. 28. Ear v. i.To put forth ears in growing; to form ears, as grain; as, this corn ears well. Ear v. t.[OE. erien, AS. erian; akin to OFries. era, OHG. erran, MHG. eren, ern, Prov. G. aren, 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. スポンサード リンク
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