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   ear hole
         n 1: a hole (as in a helmet) for sound to reach the ears

English Dictionary: early(a) by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
earl
n
  1. a British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
early
adv
  1. during an early stage; "early on in her career" [syn: early on, early]
  2. before the usual time or the time expected; "she graduated early"; "the house was completed ahead of time"
    Synonym(s): early, ahead of time, too soon
    Antonym(s): belatedly, late, tardily
  3. in good time; "he awoke betimes that morning"
    Synonym(s): early, betimes
adj
  1. at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time; "early morning"; "an early warning"; "early diagnosis"; "an early death"; "took early retirement"; "an early spring"; "early varieties of peas and tomatoes mature before most standard varieties"
    Antonym(s): late, middle
  2. being or occurring at an early stage of development; "in an early stage"; "early forms of life"; "early man"; "an early computer"
    Antonym(s): late, later(a)
  3. belonging to the distant past; "the early inhabitants of Europe"; "former generations"; "in other times"
    Synonym(s): early(a), former(a), other(a)
  4. very young; "at an early age"
  5. of an early stage in the development of a language or literature; "the Early Hebrew alphabetical script is that used mainly from the 11th to the 6th centuries B.C."; "Early Modern English is represented in documents printed from 1476 to 1700"
    Antonym(s): late, middle
  6. expected in the near future; "look for an early end to the negotiations"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eerily
adv
  1. in an unnatural eery manner; "it was eerily quiet in the chapel"
    Synonym(s): eerily, spookily
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Erolia
n
  1. a genus of Scolopacidae
    Synonym(s): Erolia, genus Erolia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Euryale
n
  1. (Greek mythology) one of the three Gorgons
  2. basket stars
    Synonym(s): Euryale, genus Euryale
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Earal \Ear"al\, a.
      Receiving by the ear. [Obs.] --Hewyt.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Needlefish \Nee"dle*fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) The European great pipefich ({Siphostoma, [or]
            Syngnathus, acus}); -- called also {earl}, and
            {tanglefish}.
      (b) The garfish.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Earl \Earl\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      The needlefish. [Ireland]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Earl \Earl\, n. [OE. eorl, erl, AS. eorl man, noble; akin to OS.
      erl boy, man, Icel. jarl nobleman, count, and possibly to Gr.
      [?] male, Zend arshan man. Cf. {Jarl}.]
      A nobleman of England ranking below a marquis, and above a
      viscount. The rank of an earl corresponds to that of a count
      (comte) in France, and graf in Germany. Hence the wife of an
      earl is still called countess. See {Count}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Needlefish \Nee"dle*fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) The European great pipefich ({Siphostoma, [or]
            Syngnathus, acus}); -- called also {earl}, and
            {tanglefish}.
      (b) The garfish.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Earl \Earl\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      The needlefish. [Ireland]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Earl \Earl\, n. [OE. eorl, erl, AS. eorl man, noble; akin to OS.
      erl boy, man, Icel. jarl nobleman, count, and possibly to Gr.
      [?] male, Zend arshan man. Cf. {Jarl}.]
      A nobleman of England ranking below a marquis, and above a
      viscount. The rank of an earl corresponds to that of a count
      (comte) in France, and graf in Germany. Hence the wife of an
      earl is still called countess. See {Count}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Early \Ear"ly\ ([etil]r"l[ycr]), adv. [OE. erli, erliche, AS.
      [aemac]rl[c6]ce; [aemac]r sooner + l[c6]c like. See {Ere},
      and {Like}.]
      Soon; in good season; seasonably; betimes; as, come early.
  
               Those that me early shall find me.         --Prov. viii.
                                                                              17.
  
               You must wake and call me early.            --Tennyson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Early \Ear"ly\, a. [Compar. {Earlier} ([etil]r"l[icr]*[etil]r);
      superl. {Earliest}.] [OE. earlich. [root]204. See {Early},
      adv.]
      1. In advance of the usual or appointed time; in good season;
            prior in time; among or near the first; -- opposed to
            {late}; as, the early bird; an early spring; early fruit.
  
                     Early and provident fear is the mother of safety.
                                                                              --Burke.
  
                     The doorsteps and threshold with the early grass
                     springing up about them.                     --Hawthorne.
  
      2. Coming in the first part of a period of time, or among the
            first of successive acts, events, etc.
  
                     Seen in life's early morning sky.      --Keble.
  
                     The forms of its earlier manhood.      --Longfellow.
  
                     The earliest poem he composed was in his seventeenth
                     summer.                                             --J. C.
                                                                              Shairp.
  
      {Early English} (Philol.) See the Note under {English}.
  
      {Early English architecture}, the first of the pointed or
            Gothic styles used in England, succeeding the Norman style
            in the 12th and 13th centuries.
  
      Syn: Forward; timely; not late; seasonable.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Eerily \Ee"ri*ly\, adv.
      In a strange, unearthly way.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Erewhile \Ere`while"\, Erewhiles \Ere`whiles"\, adv.
      Some time ago; a little while before; heretofore. [Archaic]
  
               I am as fair now as I was erewhile.         --Shak.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Earl, NC (town, FIPS 19140)
      Location: 35.19493 N, 81.53429 W
      Population (1990): 230 (104 housing units)
      Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Earl, WI
      Zip code(s): 54875

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Earle, AR (city, FIPS 20320)
      Location: 35.27329 N, 90.46498 W
      Population (1990): 3393 (1300 housing units)
      Area: 8.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 72331

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Early, IA (city, FIPS 23475)
      Location: 42.46087 N, 95.15252 W
      Population (1990): 649 (298 housing units)
      Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 50535
   Early, TX (city, FIPS 21904)
      Location: 31.74452 N, 98.94073 W
      Population (1990): 2380 (992 housing units)
      Area: 6.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 76801

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Errol, NH
      Zip code(s): 03579

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Euharlee, GA (town, FIPS 27988)
      Location: 34.14340 N, 84.93282 W
      Population (1990): 850 (296 housing units)
      Area: 11.6 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
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