English Dictionary: early(a) | by the DICT Development Group |
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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. | |
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Earl \Earl\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The needlefish. [Ireland] | |
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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}. | |
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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. | |
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Earl \Earl\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The needlefish. [Ireland] | |
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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. | |
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Eerily \Ee"ri*ly\, adv. In a strange, unearthly way. | |
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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) |