Ear vs. Eir

Earnoun

(countable) The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea.

Earnoun

(countable) The external part of the organ of hearing, the auricle.

Earnoun

A police informant.

Earnoun

The sense of hearing; the perception of sounds; skill or good taste in listening to music.

Earnoun

The privilege of being kindly heard; favour; attention.

Earnoun

That which resembles in shape or position the ear of an animal; a prominence or projection on an object, usually for support or attachment; a lug; a handle.

Earnoun

(architecture) An acroterium.

Earnoun

(architecture) A crossette.

Earnoun

(countable) The fruiting body of a grain plant.

Earverb

(humorous) To take in with the ears; to hear.

Earverb

(intransitive) To put forth ears in growing; to form ears, as grain does.

Earverb

(archaic) To plough.

Earnoun

The organ of hearing; the external ear.

Earnoun

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.

Earnoun

That which resembles in shape or position the ear of an animal; any prominence or projection on an object, - usually one for support or attachment; a lug; a handle; as, the ears of a tub, a skillet, or dish. The ears of a boat are outside kneepieces near the bow. See Illust. of Bell.

Earnoun

Same as Acroterium.

Earnoun

Privilege of being kindly heard; favor; attention.

Earnoun

The spike or head of any cereal (as, wheat, rye, barley, Indian corn, etc.), containing the kernels.

Earverb

To take in with the ears; to hear.

Earverb

To put forth ears in growing; to form ears, as grain; as, this corn ears well.

Earverb

To plow or till; to cultivate.

Earnoun

the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium

Earnoun

good hearing;

Earnoun

the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear

Earnoun

attention to what is said;

Earnoun

fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn

Earnoun

the organ of hearing and balance in humans and other vertebrates, especially the external part of this.

Earnoun

an organ sensitive to sound in other animals.

Earnoun

an ability to recognize, appreciate, and reproduce sounds, especially music or language

Earnoun

used to refer to a person's willingness to listen to others

Earnoun

the seed-bearing head or spike of a cereal plant.

Earnoun

a head of maize.

Ear

The ear is the organ that enables hearing and, in mammals, balance. In mammals, the ear is usually described as having three parts—the outer ear, the middle ear and the inner ear.

Eirdeterminer

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Eir

In Norse mythology, Eir (Old Norse ) is a goddess or valkyrie associated with medical skill. Eir is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources; the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson; and in skaldic poetry, including a runic inscription from Bergen, Norway from around 1300.