Webster's Dictionary 1828

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EARABLE

E'ARABLE, adjective Used to be tilled.

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EARACHE

E'ARACHE, noun [See Ache.] Pain in the ear.

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EARAL

E'ARAL, adjective Receiving by the ear. [Not used.]

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EARED

E'ARED, participle passive Having ears; having spikes formed, as corn.

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EARING

E'ARING, noun In seamen's language, a small rope employed to fasten the upper corner of a sail to its yard.E'ARING, noun A plowing of land. Genesis 45:6.

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EARL

EARL, noun erl.A British title of nobility, or a nobleman, the third in rank, being next below a marquis, and next above a viscount. The title answers to count [compte] in Franc...

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EARL-MARSHAL

EARL-M'ARSHAL, noun An officer in Great Britain, who has the superintendence of military solemnities. He is the eighth great officer of state. The office was originally conferre...

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EARLAP

E'ARLAP, noun The tip of the ear.

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EARLDOM

EARLDOM, noun erl'dom. The seignory, jurisdiction or dignity of an earl.

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EARLES-PENNY

EARLES-PENNY, noun Money given in part payment. [Latin arrha.] [Not in use.]

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EARLESS

E'ARLESS, adjective Destitute of ears; disinclined to hear or listen.

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EARLINESS

EARLINESS, noun er'liness. [See Early and Ere.]A state of advance or forwardness; a state of being before anything, or at the beginning; as the earliness of rising in the mornin...

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EARLOCK

E'ARLOCK, noun A lock or curl of hair, near the ear.

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EARLY

EARLY, adjective er'ly. [Eng.ere.]1. In advance of something else; prior in time; forward; as early fruit, that is, fruit that comes to maturity before other fruit; early growth...

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EARMARK

E'ARMARK, noun A mark on the ear, by which a sheep is known.E'ARMARK, verb transitive To mark, as sheep by cropping or slitting the ear.

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EARN

EARN, verb transitive ern.1. To merit or deserve by labor, or by any performance; to do that which entitles to a reward, whether the reward is received or not. Men often earn mo...

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EARNED

EARNED, participle passive ern'ed. Merited by labor or performance; gained.

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EARNEST

EARNEST, adjective ern'est.1. Ardent in the pursuit of an object; eager to obtain; having a longing desire; warmly engaged or incited.They are never more earnest to disturb us, ...

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EARNESTLY

EARNESTLY, adverb ern'estly. Warmly; zealously; importunately; eagerly; with real desire.Being in an agony, he prayed more earnestly Luke 22:44.That ye should earnestly contend ...

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EARNESTNESS

EARNESTNESS, noun ern'estness. Ardor or zeal in the pursuit of any thing; eagerness; animated desire; as, to seek or ask with earnestness; to engage in a work with earnestness1....

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EARNFUL

EARNFUL, adjective ern'ful. Full of anxiety. [Not used.]

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EARNING

EARNING, participle present tense ern'ing. Meriting by services; gaining by labor or performance.EARNING, noun ern'ing.plu. earnings. That which is earned; that which is gained ...

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EARPICK

E'ARPICK, noun An instrument for cleansing the ear.

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EARRING

E'ARRING, noun A pendant; an ornament, sometimes set with diamonds, pearls or other jewels, worn at the ear, by means of a ring passing through the lobe.

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EARSH

EARSH, noun [See Ear, to plow.] A plowed field. [Not in use.]

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EARSHOT

E'ARSHOT, noun Reach of the ear; the distance at which words may be heard.

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EARTH

EARTH, noun erth.1.earth in its primary sense, signifies the particles which compose the mass of the globe, but more particularly the particles which form the fine mold on the s...