·noun An umbelliferous plant (Bupleurum rotundifolium );
— so named from the shape of its leaves.
·noun The organ of hearing; the external ear. II. Ear ·noun ·same·as <<Crossette>>. III. Ear ·noun...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Used frequently in a figurative sense (Ps. 34:15). To "uncover the ear" is to show respect to a pers...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
A west-country term for a place where hatches prevent the influx of the tide. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun A kind of grass (Eriophorum vaginatum). ·see Cotton grass, under <<Cotton>>. ...
·noun A kind of primrose (Primula auricula), so called from the shape of the leaf. ...
·noun A person or animal whose ears are cropped. ...
·noun The corner of a leaf, in a book, turned down like the ear of a dog. ...
·adj Having the ear perforated. ...
·add. ·adj Thinking chiefly or most readily through, or in terms related to, the sense of hearing; s...
·noun The <<Earwig>>. ...
·noun A flattened marine univalve shell of the genus Haliotis; — called also sea-ear. ·see <<Abalon...
·adj Deafening; disagreeably loud or shrill; as, ear-splitting strains. ...
·noun An Asiatic species of Cacalia (C. Kleinia), used medicinally in India. ...
·noun A species of fungus (Hirneola Auricula-Judae, / Auricula), bearing some resemblance to the hum...
·- A name given in Western South America to certain plants with shaggy tomentose leaves, as species ...
·- A pulmonate mollusk (Auricula, / Ellobium, aurismidae); — so called from resemblance to a human ...
·noun A European species of hawkweed (Hieracium Pilosella). II. Mouse-ear ·noun The forget-me-not (...
·noun Any species of ear-shaped shells of the genus Haliotis. ·see <<Abalone>>. ...
·add. ·noun Any tropical humming bird of the genus Petasophora, having violet or purplish ear tufts....
·noun The <<Wheatear>>. ...
The distance or range of hearing. ...
Feeding an officer's ear with scandal against an absent individual. ...
·- A species of fern (Davallia Canariensis) with a soft, gray, hairy rootstock; — whence the name. ...