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round-eared, a.
[round a.]
Having round ears, or ear-like appendages. a. In names of plants (see quots.).
1704Dict. Rust. (1726) s.v. Withy, The round-ear'd shining Willow. 1841Penny Cycl. XX. 359/2 Salix aurita, round-eared sallow:..stipules roundish, convex, toothed. 1855Miss Pratt Flower. Pl. V. 98 Round-eared Sallow, or Trailing Sallow;..sometimes becomes a bushy tree, but is more commonly a shrub.
b. Of a cap.
1740Richardson Pamela I. 50, I bought of a Pedlar, two pretty enough round-ear'd Caps, a little Straw Hat. 1742Fielding J. Andrews iv. xvi, She wore one of her own short round-eared caps. 1815Scott Guy M. xxxvi, The mistress of the place, with her..hair straggling like that of Megæra from under a round-eared cap. 1847Mrs. Sherwood Life xiii. 232 A gentle, quiet, old-fashioned looking girl, in a white apron and round-eared cap. |