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▪ I. eared, ppl. a.1|ɪəd| [f. ear n.1 + -ed.] 1. Furnished with ears (in various senses); in Bot. = auriculate. eared owl: a species of owl which has tufts on the head resembling ears.
1434E.E. Wills (1882) 101 A litill panne of brasse y-ered. 1594Blundevil Exerc. v. xii. (ed. 7) 556 He is eared and tailed like a Rat. 1677Plot Nat. Hist. Oxfordsh. 103 This stone is..eared on both sides. 1854Woodward Mollusca (1856) 256 Shell sub-orbicular..beaks approximate, eared. 1867Athenæum No. 2094. 812/2 A white cap and eared head-dress. 1883Fisheries Exhib. Catal. (ed. 4) 176 C, A group of Eared Seals. b. With defining word: Having (large, open, etc.) ears. Also lop-eared, prick-eared, etc. † four-eared: ? = four-armed (said of a market cross).
1514MS. Acc. St. John's Hosp. Canterb., Rec...for land at þe fower yeryd cros. 1724Lond. Gaz. No. 6324/3 A Cart-like Gelding..a little Wide Ear'd. 1813Southey Roderick vi, The whole people heard..open-ear'd, the sound. 1825Mrs. Sherwood Old Times 11, Her hair..was combed neatly under a round-eared cap. †2. (Cf. L. auriti canes in Apuleius.) Obs.
1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts 111 Dogs..are called..fierce, subtil, sounding, bold, eared for attention, affable, swift. ▪ II. eared, ppl. a.2|ɪəd| Also 4 eeryd. [f. ear n.2 and v.2 + -ed.] Of corn or similar plants: Having ears; in Her. having ears of a certain tincture. Also, That has come into ear.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xi. vi. (1495) 393 Dewe gendrid in corrupt ayre..corrumpyth grene corn whan it is eeryd. 1563T. Hill Garden. (1593) 105 The flour also is eared, much like to an ear of corne. 1589R. Harvey Pl. Perc. (1590) 21 A crop of toward youth, so well eared, that they put vs in hope of a timely haruest. 1610J. Guillim Heraldrie iii. ix. 111 Three Wheate stalkes, bladed and Eared all proper. 1623E. Wynne in Whitbourne Newfoundland 108 We have Wheate, Barly, Oates & Beanes both eared and codded. 1870Ruskin in Daily Tel. 7 Oct., If one could only consider it as much a victory to get a barren field sown as to get an eared field stripped. |