Dictionary entry

Ear (5)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ear, v. t. [OE. erien, AS. erian; akin to OFries. era, OHG. erran, MHG. eren, ern, Prov. G. aren, ären, Icel. erja, Goth. arjan, Lith. arti, OSlav. orati, L. arare, Gr. �. Cf. Arable.] To plow or till; to cultivate. “To ear the land.” Shak.