Category:Earing

Ear"ing, n. (Naut.) (a) A line used to fasten the upper corners of a sail to the yard or gaff; -- also called head earing. (b) A line for hauling the reef cringle to the yard; -- also called reef earing. (c) A line fastening the corners of an awning to the rigging or stanchions.

earing Ear"ing, n.

Defn: Coming into ear, as corn.

earing Ear"ing, n.

Defn: A [[:Category:Plow|plowing of land. [Archaic] Neither earing nor harvest. Gen. xlv. 6.

---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary.

Earing - An Old English word (from the Latin aro, I plough), meaning "ploughing." It is used in the Authorized Version in Genesis 45:6; (Exodus 34:21; 1 Samuel 8:12; Deuteronomy 21:4; Isaiah 30:24; but the Revised Version has rendered the original in these places by the ordinary word to plough or till.