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fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn

good hearing; "he had a keen ear"; "a good ear for pitch"

attention to what is said; "he tried to get her ear"

fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn

good hearing; "he had a keen ear"; "a good ear for pitch"

attention to what is said; "he tried to get her ear"

The organ of hearing; the external ear.

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.

Same as Crossette.

Privilege of being kindly heard; favor; attention.

To take in with the ears; to hear.

To put forth ears in growing; to form ears, as grain; as, this corn ears well.

To plow or till; to cultivate.

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.

The organ of hearing; the external ear.

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.

Same as Crossette.

Privilege of being kindly heard; favor; attention.

To take in with the ears; to hear.

To put forth ears in growing; to form ears, as grain; as, this corn ears well.

To plow or till; to cultivate.

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.

The entire organ of hearing; the outer part of that organ; the sense of hearing, or delicate perception of sounds; as, he has an ear for music; attention; that part of a cereal plant containing the flowers and seeds; as, an ear of corn.

1. The organ of hearing: composed of the external ear which includes the auricle and the external acoustic, or auditory, meatus; the middle ear, or the tympanum with its ossicles; and the internal ear, which includes the labyrinth and cochlea. 2. The pinna, or auricle.

The organ of hearing.

A spike, as of corn.

To put forth ears, as corn.

(obs.) To plough or till.

EARED, having ears; EAR-LESS, wanting ears.

The organ of hearing; hearing; attention; a spike of corn.

The organ or sense of hearing; attention; heed.

Any projecting piece, handle, etc.

A head, as of wheat; spike of maize.

The organ of hearing, both the external and internal part; the sense of hearing, or rather the power of distinguishing sounds and judeing of harmony; a favourable hearing; attention; manner of judging: anything like an ear, as the ears of a jar; the spike of corn. To be by the ears, to fall together by the ears, to go together by the ears, to fight or scuffle; to quarrel. To set by the ears, to make strife; to cause to quarrel. Over head and ears, up to the ears, deeply. All ear, eagerly attentive.

To plough or till.

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

The organ of hearing; the power or faculty of readily distinguishing musical sounds; attention; heed; regard.

The head or top part of corn containing seeds.

To form ears, as corn.

The auditory organ; the various structures among invertebrates supposed to have an auditory function; the specialized tufts of hair or feathers which are close to, or similar to an external ear or pinna ; an ear-shaped structure ; the spike of any cereal.

Auris, Ous, ovs, Acoe, Saxon, eane, (Prov.) Lug. (F.) Oreille. The organ of audition. It is composed of a series of more or less irregular cavities, in which the sonorous rays are successively received and reflected, until they agitate the nerves which are destined to convey the impression to the brain. The ear is contained partly in the substance of the temporal bone; and a part projects externally, behind the joint of the lower jaw. It may be divided into three portions; the outer or external ear, formed by the auricle and meatus auditorius; the middle ear, comprising the cavity of the tympanum and its dependencies; and the internal ear, comprehending the three semicircular canals, the cochlea and the vestibule; which, together, constitute the osseous labyrinth. Within the cavity of this labyrioth are contained membranes having nearly the shape of the vestibule and semicircular canals, but not extending into the cochlea. These membranes form the membranous labyrinth. Between the osseous and the membranous labyrinth is situate the liquor of Cotunnius, and within the membranous labyrinth is a fluid, termed, by De Blainville, vitrine auditive, from its supposed analogy to the vitreous humour of the eye. The form of the membranous vestibule is not an exact imitation of the osseous cavity, being composed of two distinct sacs, which open into each other, -the one termed the Sacculus vestibuli; the other Sacculus Each sac contains in its interior a small mass of white calcareous matter resembling powdered chalk, which seems to be suspended in the fluid of the sacs by means of a number of nervous filaments proceeding from the auditory nerve. These are the otoconies and otolithes of Breschet. The auditory nerve is distributed to the cavities of the internal ear.

Organ of hearing.

The organ of hearing, which is divided into three parts: the first, the external e. comprises the auricle with the lobe and the external auditory canal; the second, or middle e., consists of the tympanic membrane, the cavity of the tympanum, the eustachian tube, and the mastoid antrum and cells; the third, the internal e., consists of the cochlea, the semicircular canals, and the auditory nerve with its terminal expansion in the labyrinth.

n. [Anglo-Saxon] The organ of hearing;—the sense of hearing; —the power of distinguishing sounds; musical perception or taste;—a favourable hearing; attention; regard; heed: —pl. The head or person;—parts projecting from a domestic vessel, used as handles.

n. [Anglo-Saxon] The spike of a plant of corn or other grain.

The whole organ of audition or hearing; that part of the ear that stands prominent; power of judging of harmony; the spike of corn, that part which contains the seeds; To fall together by the ears, to fight, to scuffle; To set by the ears, to make strife, to make to quarrel.