



1. The organ of hearing; the external ear.


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)


4. Same as Acroterium . 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.

(Science: anatomy) ear sand, 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. Give ear unto my song. . 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.

Origin: as. Eare; akin to OFries. Are, ar, os. Ra, D. Oor, OHG. Ra, g. Ohr, Icel. Eyra, Sw. Ora, dan. Ore, goth. Auso, L. Auris, lith. Ausis, Russ. Ukho, gr.; cf. L. Audire to hear, gr, Skr. Av to favor, protect. Cf. Auricle, Orillon. The sense Organ for hearing and equilibrium.The externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear.Fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn.A sense Organ found in vertebrates that can control balance and the detection of sounds in the external environment.

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