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Ear \Ear\, n. [AS. e[a0]re; akin to OFries. [a0]re, [a0]r, OS. [?]ra, D. oor, OHG. [?]ra, G. ohr, Icel. eyra, Sw. [94]ra, Dan. [94]re, Goth. auso, L. auris, Lith. ausis, Russ. ukho, Gr. [?]; cf. L. audire to hear, Gr. [?], Skr. av to favor, protect. Cf. {Auricle}, {Orillon}.] 1. The organ of hearing; the external ear. Note: In man and the higher vertebrates, the organ of hearing is very complicated, and is divisible into three parts: the external ear, which includes the pinna or auricle and meatus or external opening; the middle ear, drum, or tympanum; and the internal ear, or labyrinth. The middle ear is a cavity connected by the Eustachian tube with the pharynx, separated from the opening of the external ear by the tympanic membrane, and containing a chain of three small bones, or ossicles, named malleus, incus, and stapes, which connect this membrane with the internal ear. The essential part of the internal ear where the fibers of the auditory nerve terminate, is the membranous labyrinth, a complicated system of sacs and tubes filled with a fluid (the endolymph), and lodged in a cavity, called the bony labyrinth, in the periotic bone. The membranous labyrinth does not completely fill the bony labyrinth, but is partially suspended in it in a fluid (the perilymph). The bony labyrinth consists of a central cavity, the vestibule, into which three semicircular canals and the canal of the cochlea (spirally coiled in mammals) open. The vestibular portion of the membranous labyrinth consists of two sacs, the utriculus and sacculus, connected by a narrow tube, into the former of which three membranous semicircular canals open, while the latter is connected with a membranous tube in the cochlea containing the organ of Corti. By the help of the external ear the sonorous vibrations of the air are concentrated upon the tympanic membrane and set it vibrating, the chain of bones in the middle ear transmits these vibrations to the internal ear, where they cause certain delicate structures in the organ of Corti, and other parts of the membranous labyrinth, to stimulate the fibers of the auditory nerve to transmit sonorous impulses to the brain. 2. The sense of hearing; the perception of sounds; the power of discriminating between different tones; as, a nice ear for music; -- in the singular only. Songs . . . not all ungrateful to thine ear. --Tennyson. 3. That which resembles in shape or position the ear of an animal; any prominence or projection on an object, -- usually one for support or attachment; a lug; a handle; as, the ears of a tub, a skillet, or dish. The ears of a boat are outside kneepieces near the bow. See Illust. of {Bell}. 4. (Arch.) (a) Same as {Acroterium}. (b) Same as {Crossette}. 5. Privilege of being kindly heard; favor; attention. Dionysius . . . would give no ear to his suit. --Bacon. Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears. --Shak. {About the ears}, in close proximity to; near at hand. {By the ears}, in close contest; as, to set by the ears; to fall together by the ears; to be by the ears. {Button ear} (in dogs), an ear which falls forward and completely hides the inside. {Ear finger}, the little finger. {Ear of Dionysius}, a kind of ear trumpet with a flexible tube; -- named from the Sicilian tyrant, who constructed a device to overhear the prisoners in his dungeons. {Ear sand} (Anat.), otoliths. See {Otolith}. {Ear snail} (Zo[94]l.), any snail of the genus {Auricula} and allied genera. {Ear stones} (Anat.), otoliths. See {Otolith}. {Ear trumpet}, an instrument to aid in hearing. It consists of a tube broad at the outer end, and narrowing to a slender extremity which enters the ear, thus collecting and intensifying sounds so as to assist the hearing of a partially deaf person. {Ear vesicle} (Zo[94]l.), a simple auditory organ, occurring in many worms, mollusks, etc. It consists of a small sac containing a fluid and one or more solid concretions or otocysts. {Rose ear} (in dogs), an ear which folds backward and shows part of the inside. {To give ear to}, to listen to; to heed, as advice or one advising. [bd]Give ear unto my song.[b8] --Goldsmith. {To have one's ear}, to be listened to with favor. {Up to the ears}, deeply submerged; almost overwhelmed; as, to be in trouble up to one's ears. [Colloq.] | |
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Ear \Ear\, v. i. To put forth ears in growing; to form ears, as grain; as, this corn ears well. | |
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Ear \Ear\, v. t. [OE. erien, AS. erian; akin to OFries. era, OHG. erran, MHG. eren, ern, Prov. G. aren, [84]ren, Icel. erja, Goth. arjan, Lith. arti, OSlav. orati, L. arare, Gr. [?]. Cf. {Arable}.] To plow or till; to cultivate. [bd]To ear the land.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Ear \Ear\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Eared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Earing}.] To take in with the ears; to hear. [Sportive] [bd]I eared her language.[b8] --Two Noble Kinsmen. | |
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Ear \Ear\, n. [AS. ear; akin to D. aar, OHG. ahir, G. [84]hre, Icel., Sw., & Dan. ax, Goth. ahs. [?][?][?]. Cf. {Awn}, {Edge}.] The spike or head of any cereal (as, wheat, rye, barley, Indian corn, etc.), containing the kernels. First the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. --Mark iv. 28. | |
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Canon \Can"on\, n. [OE. canon, canoun, AS. canon rule (cf. F. canon, LL. canon, and, for sense 7, F. chanoine, LL. canonicus), fr. L. canon a measuring line, rule, model, fr. Gr. [?] rule, rod, fr. [?], [?], red. See {Cane}, and cf. {Canonical}.] 1. A law or rule. Or that the Everlasting had not fixed His canon 'gainst self-slaughter. --Shak. 2. (Eccl.) A law, or rule of doctrine or discipline, enacted by a council and confirmed by the pope or the sovereign; a decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by ecclesiastical authority. Various canons which were made in councils held in the second centry. --Hock. 3. The collection of books received as genuine Holy Scriptures, called the {sacred canon}, or general rule of moral and religious duty, given by inspiration; the Bible; also, any one of the canonical Scriptures. See {Canonical books}, under {Canonical}, a. 4. In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order. 5. A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church. 6. A member of a cathedral chapter; a person who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church. 7. (Mus.) A musical composition in which the voices begin one after another, at regular intervals, successively taking up the same subject. It either winds up with a coda (tailpiece), or, as each voice finishes, commences anew, thus forming a perpetual fugue or round. It is the strictest form of imitation. See {Imitation}. 8. (Print.) The largest size of type having a specific name; -- so called from having been used for printing the canons of the church. 9. The part of a bell by which it is suspended; -- called also {ear} and {shank}. Note: [See Illust. of {Bell}.] --Knight. 10. (Billiards) See {Carom}. {Apostolical canons}. See under {Apostolical}. {Augustinian canons}, {Black canons}. See under {Augustinian}. {Canon capitular}, {Canon residentiary}, a resident member of a cathedral chapter (during a part or the whole of the year). {Canon law}. See under {Law}. {Canon of the Mass} (R. C. Ch.), that part of the mass, following the Sanctus, which never changes. {Honorary canon}, a canon who neither lived in a monastery, nor kept the canonical hours. {Minor canon} (Ch. of Eng.), one who has been admitted to a chapter, but has not yet received a prebend. {Regular canon} (R. C. Ch.), one who lived in a conventual community and follower the rule of St. Austin; a Black canon. {Secular canon} (R. C. Ch.), one who did not live in a monastery, but kept the hours. | |
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Crossette \Cros*sette"\ (kr?s-s?t`), n. [F., dim. of crosse. See {Crosier}.] (Arch.) (a) A return in one of the corners of the architrave of a door or window; -- called also {ancon}, {ear}, {elbow}. (b) The shoulder of a joggled keystone. | |
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Ear \Ear\, n. [AS. e[a0]re; akin to OFries. [a0]re, [a0]r, OS. [?]ra, D. oor, OHG. [?]ra, G. ohr, Icel. eyra, Sw. [94]ra, Dan. [94]re, Goth. auso, L. auris, Lith. ausis, Russ. ukho, Gr. [?]; cf. L. audire to hear, Gr. [?], Skr. av to favor, protect. Cf. {Auricle}, {Orillon}.] 1. The organ of hearing; the external ear. Note: In man and the higher vertebrates, the organ of hearing is very complicated, and is divisible into three parts: the external ear, which includes the pinna or auricle and meatus or external opening; the middle ear, drum, or tympanum; and the internal ear, or labyrinth. The middle ear is a cavity connected by the Eustachian tube with the pharynx, separated from the opening of the external ear by the tympanic membrane, and containing a chain of three small bones, or ossicles, named malleus, incus, and stapes, which connect this membrane with the internal ear. The essential part of the internal ear where the fibers of the auditory nerve terminate, is the membranous labyrinth, a complicated system of sacs and tubes filled with a fluid (the endolymph), and lodged in a cavity, called the bony labyrinth, in the periotic bone. The membranous labyrinth does not completely fill the bony labyrinth, but is partially suspended in it in a fluid (the perilymph). The bony labyrinth consists of a central cavity, the vestibule, into which three semicircular canals and the canal of the cochlea (spirally coiled in mammals) open. The vestibular portion of the membranous labyrinth consists of two sacs, the utriculus and sacculus, connected by a narrow tube, into the former of which three membranous semicircular canals open, while the latter is connected with a membranous tube in the cochlea containing the organ of Corti. By the help of the external ear the sonorous vibrations of the air are concentrated upon the tympanic membrane and set it vibrating, the chain of bones in the middle ear transmits these vibrations to the internal ear, where they cause certain delicate structures in the organ of Corti, and other parts of the membranous labyrinth, to stimulate the fibers of the auditory nerve to transmit sonorous impulses to the brain. 2. The sense of hearing; the perception of sounds; the power of discriminating between different tones; as, a nice ear for music; -- in the singular only. Songs . . . not all ungrateful to thine ear. --Tennyson. 3. That which resembles in shape or position the ear of an animal; any prominence or projection on an object, -- usually one for support or attachment; a lug; a handle; as, the ears of a tub, a skillet, or dish. The ears of a boat are outside kneepieces near the bow. See Illust. of {Bell}. 4. (Arch.) (a) Same as {Acroterium}. (b) Same as {Crossette}. 5. Privilege of being kindly heard; favor; attention. Dionysius . . . would give no ear to his suit. --Bacon. Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears. --Shak. {About the ears}, in close proximity to; near at hand. {By the ears}, in close contest; as, to set by the ears; to fall together by the ears; to be by the ears. {Button ear} (in dogs), an ear which falls forward and completely hides the inside. {Ear finger}, the little finger. {Ear of Dionysius}, a kind of ear trumpet with a flexible tube; -- named from the Sicilian tyrant, who constructed a device to overhear the prisoners in his dungeons. {Ear sand} (Anat.), otoliths. See {Otolith}. {Ear snail} (Zo[94]l.), any snail of the genus {Auricula} and allied genera. {Ear stones} (Anat.), otoliths. See {Otolith}. {Ear trumpet}, an instrument to aid in hearing. It consists of a tube broad at the outer end, and narrowing to a slender extremity which enters the ear, thus collecting and intensifying sounds so as to assist the hearing of a partially deaf person. {Ear vesicle} (Zo[94]l.), a simple auditory organ, occurring in many worms, mollusks, etc. It consists of a small sac containing a fluid and one or more solid concretions or otocysts. {Rose ear} (in dogs), an ear which folds backward and shows part of the inside. {To give ear to}, to listen to; to heed, as advice or one advising. [bd]Give ear unto my song.[b8] --Goldsmith. {To have one's ear}, to be listened to with favor. {Up to the ears}, deeply submerged; almost overwhelmed; as, to be in trouble up to one's ears. [Colloq.] | |
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Ear \Ear\, v. i. To put forth ears in growing; to form ears, as grain; as, this corn ears well. | |
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Ear \Ear\, v. t. [OE. erien, AS. erian; akin to OFries. era, OHG. erran, MHG. eren, ern, Prov. G. aren, [84]ren, Icel. erja, Goth. arjan, Lith. arti, OSlav. orati, L. arare, Gr. [?]. Cf. {Arable}.] To plow or till; to cultivate. [bd]To ear the land.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Ear \Ear\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Eared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Earing}.] To take in with the ears; to hear. [Sportive] [bd]I eared her language.[b8] --Two Noble Kinsmen. | |
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Ear \Ear\, n. [AS. ear; akin to D. aar, OHG. ahir, G. [84]hre, Icel., Sw., & Dan. ax, Goth. ahs. [?][?][?]. Cf. {Awn}, {Edge}.] The spike or head of any cereal (as, wheat, rye, barley, Indian corn, etc.), containing the kernels. First the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. --Mark iv. 28. | |
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Canon \Can"on\, n. [OE. canon, canoun, AS. canon rule (cf. F. canon, LL. canon, and, for sense 7, F. chanoine, LL. canonicus), fr. L. canon a measuring line, rule, model, fr. Gr. [?] rule, rod, fr. [?], [?], red. See {Cane}, and cf. {Canonical}.] 1. A law or rule. Or that the Everlasting had not fixed His canon 'gainst self-slaughter. --Shak. 2. (Eccl.) A law, or rule of doctrine or discipline, enacted by a council and confirmed by the pope or the sovereign; a decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by ecclesiastical authority. Various canons which were made in councils held in the second centry. --Hock. 3. The collection of books received as genuine Holy Scriptures, called the {sacred canon}, or general rule of moral and religious duty, given by inspiration; the Bible; also, any one of the canonical Scriptures. See {Canonical books}, under {Canonical}, a. 4. In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order. 5. A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church. 6. A member of a cathedral chapter; a person who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church. 7. (Mus.) A musical composition in which the voices begin one after another, at regular intervals, successively taking up the same subject. It either winds up with a coda (tailpiece), or, as each voice finishes, commences anew, thus forming a perpetual fugue or round. It is the strictest form of imitation. See {Imitation}. 8. (Print.) The largest size of type having a specific name; -- so called from having been used for printing the canons of the church. 9. The part of a bell by which it is suspended; -- called also {ear} and {shank}. Note: [See Illust. of {Bell}.] --Knight. 10. (Billiards) See {Carom}. {Apostolical canons}. See under {Apostolical}. {Augustinian canons}, {Black canons}. See under {Augustinian}. {Canon capitular}, {Canon residentiary}, a resident member of a cathedral chapter (during a part or the whole of the year). {Canon law}. See under {Law}. {Canon of the Mass} (R. C. Ch.), that part of the mass, following the Sanctus, which never changes. {Honorary canon}, a canon who neither lived in a monastery, nor kept the canonical hours. {Minor canon} (Ch. of Eng.), one who has been admitted to a chapter, but has not yet received a prebend. {Regular canon} (R. C. Ch.), one who lived in a conventual community and follower the rule of St. Austin; a Black canon. {Secular canon} (R. C. Ch.), one who did not live in a monastery, but kept the hours. | |
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Crossette \Cros*sette"\ (kr?s-s?t`), n. [F., dim. of crosse. See {Crosier}.] (Arch.) (a) A return in one of the corners of the architrave of a door or window; -- called also {ancon}, {ear}, {elbow}. (b) The shoulder of a joggled keystone. | |
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E'er \E'er\ (?; 277), adv. A contraction for ever. See {Ever}. | |
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Ever \Ev"er\adv. [OE. ever, [91]fre, AS. [91]fre; perh. akin to AS. [be] always. Cf. {Aye}, {Age},{Evry}, {Never}.] [Sometimes contracted into {e'er}.] 1. At any time; at any period or point of time. No man ever yet hated his own flesh. --Eph. v. 29. 2. At all times; through all time; always; forever. He shall ever love, and always be The subject of by scorn and cruelty. --Dryder. 3. Without cessation; continually. Note: Ever is sometimes used as an intensive or a word of enforcement. [bd]His the old man e'er a son?[b8] --Shak. To produce as much as ever they can. --M. Arnold. {Ever and anon}, now and then; often. See under {Anon}. {Ever is one}, continually; constantly. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Ever so}, in whatever degree; to whatever extent; -- used to intensify indefinitely the meaning of the associated adjective or adverb. See {Never so}, under {Never}. [bd]Let him be ever so rich.[b8] --Emerson. And all the question (wrangle e'er so long), Is only this, if God has placed him wrong. --Pope. You spend ever so much money in entertaining your equals and betters. --Thackeray. {For ever}, eternally. See {Forever}. {For ever and a day}, emphatically forever. --Shak. She [Fortune] soon wheeled away, with scornful laughter, out of sight for ever and day. --Prof. Wilson. {Or ever} (for or ere), before. See {Or}, {ere}. [Archaic] Would I had met my dearest foe in heaven Or ever I had seen that day, Horatio! --Shak. Note: Ever is sometimes joined to its adjective by a hyphen, but in most cases the hyphen is needless; as, ever memorable, ever watchful, ever burning. | |
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E'er \E'er\ (?; 277), adv. A contraction for ever. See {Ever}. | |
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Ever \Ev"er\adv. [OE. ever, [91]fre, AS. [91]fre; perh. akin to AS. [be] always. Cf. {Aye}, {Age},{Evry}, {Never}.] [Sometimes contracted into {e'er}.] 1. At any time; at any period or point of time. No man ever yet hated his own flesh. --Eph. v. 29. 2. At all times; through all time; always; forever. He shall ever love, and always be The subject of by scorn and cruelty. --Dryder. 3. Without cessation; continually. Note: Ever is sometimes used as an intensive or a word of enforcement. [bd]His the old man e'er a son?[b8] --Shak. To produce as much as ever they can. --M. Arnold. {Ever and anon}, now and then; often. See under {Anon}. {Ever is one}, continually; constantly. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Ever so}, in whatever degree; to whatever extent; -- used to intensify indefinitely the meaning of the associated adjective or adverb. See {Never so}, under {Never}. [bd]Let him be ever so rich.[b8] --Emerson. And all the question (wrangle e'er so long), Is only this, if God has placed him wrong. --Pope. You spend ever so much money in entertaining your equals and betters. --Thackeray. {For ever}, eternally. See {Forever}. {For ever and a day}, emphatically forever. --Shak. She [Fortune] soon wheeled away, with scornful laughter, out of sight for ever and day. --Prof. Wilson. {Or ever} (for or ere), before. See {Or}, {ere}. [Archaic] Would I had met my dearest foe in heaven Or ever I had seen that day, Horatio! --Shak. Note: Ever is sometimes joined to its adjective by a hyphen, but in most cases the hyphen is needless; as, ever memorable, ever watchful, ever burning. | |
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Eerie \Ee"rie\, Eery \Ee"ry\, a. [Scotch, fr. AS. earh timid.] 1. Serving to inspire fear, esp. a dread of seeing ghosts; wild; weird; as, eerie stories. She whose elfin prancer springs By night to eery warblings. --Tennyson. 2. Affected with fear; affrighted. --Burns. | |
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Eerie \Ee"rie\, Eery \Ee"ry\, a. [Scotch, fr. AS. earh timid.] 1. Serving to inspire fear, esp. a dread of seeing ghosts; wild; weird; as, eerie stories. She whose elfin prancer springs By night to eery warblings. --Tennyson. 2. Affected with fear; affrighted. --Burns. | |
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Eire \Eire\, n. Air. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Eirie \Ei"rie\, n. See {Aerie}, and {Eyrie}. | |
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-er \-er\ . 1. [AS. -ere; akin to L. -arius.] The termination of many English words, denoting the agent; -- applied either to men or things; as in hater, farmer, heater, grater. At the end of names of places, -er signifies a man of the place; as, Londoner, i. e., London man. 2. [AS. -ra; akin to G. -er, Icel. -are, -re, Goth. -iza, -[?]za, L. -ior, Gr. [?], Skr. -[c6]yas.] A suffix used to form the comparative degree of adjectives and adverbs; as, warmer, sooner, lat(e)er, earl(y)ier. | |
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Era \E"ra\, n.; pl. {Eras}. [LL. aera an era, in earlier usage, the items of an account, counters, pl. of aes, aeris, brass, money. See {Ore}.] 1. A fixed point of time, usually an epoch, from which a series of years is reckoned. The foundation of Solomon's temple is conjectured by Ideler to have been an era. --R. S. Poole. 2. A period of time reckoned from some particular date or epoch; a succession of years dating from some important event; as, the era of Alexander; the era of Christ, or the Christian era (see under {Christian}). The first century of our era. --M. Arnold. 3. A period of time in which a new order of things prevails; a signal stage of history; an epoch. Painting may truly be said to have opened the new era of culture. --J. A. Symonds. Syn: Epoch; time; date; period; age; dispensation. See {Epoch}. | |
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Ere \Ere\, v. t. To plow. [Obs.] See {Ear}, v. t. --Chaucer. | |
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Ere \Ere\ (?; 277), prep. & adv. [AS. [?]r, prep., adv., & conj.; akin to OS., OFries., & OHG. [?]r, G. eher, D. eer, Icel. [be]r, Goth. air. [root]204. Cf. {Early}, {Erst}, {Or}, adv.] 1. Before; sooner than. [Archaic or Poetic] Myself was stirring ere the break of day. --Shak. Ere sails were spread new oceans to explore. --Dryden. Sir, come down ere my child die. --John iv. 49. 2. Rather than. I will be thrown into Etna, . . . ere I will leave her. --Shak. {Ere long}, before, shortly. --Shak. {Ere now}, formerly, heretofore. --Shak. {Ere that}, [and] {Or are}. Same as {Ere}. --Shak. | |
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Err \Err\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Erred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Erring} (?; 277, 85).] [F. errer, L. errare; akin to G. irren, OHG. irran, v. t., irr[?]n, v. i., OS. irrien, Sw. irra, Dan. irre, Goth, a[a1]rzjan to lead astray, airzise astray.] 1. To wander; to roam; to stray. [Archaic] [bd]Why wilt thou err from me?[b8] --Keble. What seemeth to you, if there were to a man an hundred sheep and one of them hath erred. --Wyclif (Matt. xviii. 12). 2. To deviate from the true course; to miss the thing aimed at. [bd]My jealous aim might err.[b8] --Shak. 3. To miss intellectual truth; to fall into error; to mistake in judgment or opinion; to be mistaken. The man may err in his judgment of circumstances. --Tillotson. 4. To deviate morally from the right way; to go astray, in a figurative sense; to do wrong; to sin. Do they not err that devise evil? --Prov. xiv. 22. 5. To offend, as by erring. | |
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Ery \Ery\, n. 1. A dish of anything fried. 2. A state of excitement; as, to be in a fry. [Colloq.] | |
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Ewer \Ew"er\, n. [OF. ewer, euwier, prop. a water carrier, F. [82]vier a washing place, sink, aigui[8a]re ewer, L. aquarius, adj., water carrying, n., a water carrier, fr. aqua water; akin to Goth. ahwa water, river, OHG, aha, G. au, aue, meadow. [fb]219. Cf. {Aquarium}, {Aquatic}, {Island}.] A kind of widemouthed pitcher or jug; esp., one used to hold water for the toilet. Basins and ewers to lave her dainty hands. --Shak. | |
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Ewery \Ew"er*y\, Ewry \Ew"ry\n. [From {Ewer}.] An office or place of household service where the ewers were formerly kept. [Enq.] --Parker. | |
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Ewery \Ew"er*y\, Ewry \Ew"ry\n. [From {Ewer}.] An office or place of household service where the ewers were formerly kept. [Enq.] --Parker. | |
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Eyer \Ey"er\, n. One who eyes another. --Gayton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Eyr \Eyr\ ([acir]r), n. [See {Air}.] Air. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Eyre \Eyre\ ([acir]r), n. [OF. erre journey, march, way, fr. L. iter, itineris, a going, way, fr. the root of ire to go. Cf. {Errant}, {Itinerant}, {Issue}.] (O. Eng. Law) A journey in circuit of certain judges called justices in eyre (or in itinere). Note: They were itinerant judges, who rode the circuit, holding courts in the different counties. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Eyrie \Ey"rie\, Eyry \Ey"ry\ ([amac]"r[ycr] [or] [emac]"r[ycr]; 277), n.; pl. {Ey"ries} (-r[icr]z). [See {Aerie}] The nest of a bird of prey or other large bird that builds in a lofty place; aerie. The eagle and the stork On cliffs and cedar tops their eyries build. --Milton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Eyrie \Ey"rie\, Eyry \Ey"ry\ ([amac]"r[ycr] [or] [emac]"r[ycr]; 277), n.; pl. {Ey"ries} (-r[icr]z). [See {Aerie}] The nest of a bird of prey or other large bird that builds in a lofty place; aerie. The eagle and the stork On cliffs and cedar tops their eyries build. --Milton. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Era, TX Zip code(s): 76238 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Erie, CO (town, FIPS 24950) Location: 40.02886 N, 105.04603 W Population (1990): 1258 (511 housing units) Area: 9.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 80516 Erie, IL (village, FIPS 24374) Location: 41.65868 N, 90.08124 W Population (1990): 1572 (650 housing units) Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61250 Erie, KS (city, FIPS 21500) Location: 37.56849 N, 95.24367 W Population (1990): 1276 (568 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 66733 Erie, MI Zip code(s): 48133 Erie, ND Zip code(s): 58029 Erie, PA (city, FIPS 24000) Location: 42.12585 N, 80.08660 W Population (1990): 108718 (45424 housing units) Area: 56.9 sq km (land), 15.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 16501, 16502, 16503, 16504, 16506, 16507, 16508, 16509, 16511, 16565 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Eure, NC Zip code(s): 27935 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
era n. Syn. {epoch}. Webster's Unabridged makes these words almost synonymous, but `era' more often connotes a span of time rather than a point in time, whereas the reverse is true for {epoch}. The {epoch} usage is recommended. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
EER An extended {entity-relationship model}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
ER {Entity-Relationship} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
er (1999-01-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
ER {Entity-Relationship} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
er (1999-01-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
ERA {Entity-Relationship-Attribute} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
era Synonym {epoch}. Webster's Unabridged makes these words almost synonymous, but "era" usually connotes a span of time rather than a point in time. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
ERA {Entity-Relationship-Attribute} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
era Synonym {epoch}. Webster's Unabridged makes these words almost synonymous, but "era" usually connotes a span of time rather than a point in time. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Ear used frequently in a figurative sense (Ps. 34:15). To "uncover the ear" is to show respect to a person (1 Sam. 20:2 marg.). To have the "ear heavy", or to have "uncircumcised ears" (Isa. 6:10), is to be inattentive and disobedient. To have the ear "bored" through with an awl was a sign of perpetual servitude (Ex. 21:6). | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Er, watchman | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Eri, my city |