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ˈear-ring, earring
Also 1 ear-hring, 5 aryng, 6 earing(e, eare ryng(e.
[f. ear n.1]
1. A ring worn in the lobe of the ear for ornament; often used for a pendant or ‘drop.’
c1000ælfric Exod. xxxii. 2 Nymaþ ᵹyldene ear-hringas of eower wifa earon. 1468Medulla Gram. in Cath. Angl. 45 Inauris, þe Aryng in the ere. 1535Coverdale Judg. viii. 24 For in so moch as y⊇ men were Ismaelites, they had earinges. ― Ezek. xvi. 12, I put..eare rynges vpon thyne eares. 1600Hakluyt Voy. (1810) III. 454, I send your honour two earerings. a1643G. Sandys (J.) They..gave the precious earrings that they wore. 1701Lady M. W. Montague Lett. II. xliv. 18 Her earrings..were two diamonds shaped exactly like pears. 1814Scott Wav. xviii, A pair of gold ear-rings. 1876Bancroft Hist. U.S. III. xi. 174 The lifeless frame, dressed as became a war⁓chief, glittered with belts, and ear-rings.
2. dial. The common fuchsia. (Britten and Holland.) |