ears | A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

ears
To be by the ears. A familiar and very old phrase, denoting to quarrel or fight. It alludes to the p...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
ears
In artillery the lugs or ear-shaped rings fashioned on the larger bombs or mortar-shells for their c...

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Minories' Ears
On the eastern boundary of .Portsoken Ward (Strype, ed. 1720, 1. ii. 26). Not named in the maps. ...

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iris ears
A name applied to the shells of the Haliotis a univalve mollusc found clinging like limpets to rocks...

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over head and ears
Completely overwhelmed. 'He sank over head and ears in the river;' 'He was over head and ears in deb...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
ears of a boat
The knee-pieces at the fore-part on the outside at the height of the gunwale. ...

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ears of a pump
The support of the bolt for the handle or break. ...

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