Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Ear \Ear\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Eared}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Earing}.]
   To take in with the ears; to hear. [Sportive] ``I eared her
   language.'' --Two Noble Kinsmen.

Earing \Ear"ing\, n. (Naut.)
   (a) A line used to fasten the upper corners of a sail to the
       yard or gaff; -- also called {head earing}.
   (b) A line for hauling the reef cringle to the yard; -- also
       called reef earing.
   (c) A line fastening the corners of an awning to the rigging
       or stanchions.

Earing \Ear"ing\, n.
   Coming into ear, as corn.

Earing \Ear"ing\, n.
   A plowing of land. [Archaic]

         Neither earing nor harvest.              --Gen. xlv. 6.