Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

   {Rose de Pompadour}, {Rose du Barry}, names succesively given
      to a delicate rose color used on S[`e]vres porcelain.

   {Rose diamond}, a diamond, one side of which is flat, and the
      other cut into twenty-four triangular facets in two ranges
      which form a convex face pointed at the top. Cf.
      {Brilliant}, n.

   {Rose ear}. See under {Ear}.

   {Rose elder} (Bot.), the Guelder-rose.

   {Rose engine}, a machine, or an appendage to a turning lathe,
      by which a surface or wood, metal, etc., is engraved with
      a variety of curved lines. --Craig.

   {Rose family} (Bot.) the {Rosece[ae]}. See {Rosaceous}.

   {Rose fever} (Med.), rose cold.

   {Rose fly} (Zo["o]l.), a rose betle, or rose chafer.

   {Rose gall} (Zo["o]l.), any gall found on rosebushes. See
      {Bedeguar}.

   {Rose knot}, a ribbon, or other pliade band plaited so as to
      resemble a rose; a rosette.

   {Rose lake}, {Rose madder}, a rich tint prepared from lac and
      madder precipitated on an earthy basis. --Fairholt.

   {Rose mallow}. (Bot.)
      (a) A name of several malvaceous plants of the genus
          {Hibiscus}, with large rose-colored flowers.
      (b) the hollyhock.

   {Rose nail}, a nail with a convex, faceted head.

   {Rose noble}, an ancient English gold coin, stamped with the
      figure of a rose, first struck in the reign of Edward
      III., and current at 6s. 8d. --Sir W. Scott.

   {Rose of China}. (Bot.) See {China rose}
      (b), under {China}.

   {Rose of Jericho} (Bot.), a Syrian cruciferous plant
      ({Anastatica Hierochuntica}) which rolls up when dry, and
      expands again when moistened; -- called also {resurrection
      plant}.

   {Rose of Sharon} (Bot.), an ornamental malvaceous shrub
      ({Hibiscus Syriacus}). In the Bible the name is used for
      some flower not yet identified, perhaps a Narcissus, or
      possibly the great lotus flower.

   {Rose oil} (Chem.), the yellow essential oil extracted from
      various species of rose blossoms, and forming the chief
      part of attar of roses.

   {Rose pink}, a pigment of a rose color, made by dyeing chalk
      or whiting with a decoction of Brazil wood and alum; also,
      the color of the pigment.

   {Rose quartz} (Min.), a variety of quartz which is rose-red.
      

   {Rose rash}. (Med.) Same as {Roseola}.

   {Rose slug} (Zo["o]l.), the small green larva of a black
      sawfly ({Selandria ros[ae]}). These larv[ae] feed in
      groups on the parenchyma of the leaves of rosebushes, and
      are often abundant and very destructive.

   {Rose window} (Arch.), a circular window filled with
      ornamental tracery. Called also {Catherine wheel}, and
      {marigold window}. Cf. {wheel window}, under {Wheel}.

   {Summer rose} (Med.), a variety of roseola. See {Roseola}.

   {Under the rose} [a translation of L. sub rosa], in secret;
      privately; in a manner that forbids disclosure; -- the
      rose being among the ancients the symbol of secrecy, and
      hung up at entertainments as a token that nothing there
      said was to be divulged.

   {Wars of the Roses} (Eng. Hist.), feuds between the Houses of
      York and Lancaster, the white rose being the badge of the
      House of York, and the red rose of the House of Lancaster.

Ear \Ear\, n. [AS. e['a]re; akin to OFries. ['a]re, ['a]r, OS.
   ?ra, D. oor, OHG. ?ra, G. ohr, Icel. eyra, Sw. ["o]ra, Dan.
   ["o]re, Goth. auso, L. auris, Lith. ausis, Russ. ukho, Gr. ?;
   cf. L. audire to hear, Gr. ?, Skr. av to favor, protect. Cf.
   {Auricle}, {Orillon}.]
   1. The organ of hearing; the external ear.

   Note: In man and the higher vertebrates, the organ of hearing
         is very complicated, and is divisible into three parts:
         the external ear, which includes the pinna or auricle
         and meatus or external opening; the middle ear, drum,
         or tympanum; and the internal ear, or labyrinth. The
         middle ear is a cavity connected by the Eustachian tube
         with the pharynx, separated from the opening of the
         external ear by the tympanic membrane, and containing a
         chain of three small bones, or ossicles, named malleus,
         incus, and stapes, which connect this membrane with the
         internal ear. The essential part of the internal ear
         where the fibers of the auditory nerve terminate, is
         the membranous labyrinth, a complicated system of sacs
         and tubes filled with a fluid (the endolymph), and
         lodged in a cavity, called the bony labyrinth, in the
         periotic bone. The membranous labyrinth does not
         completely fill the bony labyrinth, but is partially
         suspended in it in a fluid (the perilymph). The bony
         labyrinth consists of a central cavity, the vestibule,
         into which three semicircular canals and the canal of
         the cochlea (spirally coiled in mammals) open. The
         vestibular portion of the membranous labyrinth consists
         of two sacs, the utriculus and sacculus, connected by a
         narrow tube, into the former of which three membranous
         semicircular canals open, while the latter is connected
         with a membranous tube in the cochlea containing the
         organ of Corti. By the help of the external ear the
         sonorous vibrations of the air are concentrated upon
         the tympanic membrane and set it vibrating, the chain
         of bones in the middle ear transmits these vibrations
         to the internal ear, where they cause certain delicate
         structures in the organ of Corti, and other parts of
         the membranous labyrinth, to stimulate the fibers of
         the auditory nerve to transmit sonorous impulses to the
         brain.

   2. 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.

            Songs . . . not all ungrateful to thine ear.
                                                  --Tennyson.

   3. 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}.

   4. (Arch.)
      (a) Same as {Acroterium}.
      (b) Same as {Crossette}.

   5. Privilege of being kindly heard; favor; attention.

            Dionysius . . . would give no ear to his suit.
                                                  --Bacon.

            Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.
                                                  --Shak.

   {About the ears}, in close proximity to; near at hand.

   {By the ears}, in close contest; as, to set by the ears; to
      fall together by the ears; to be by the ears.

   {Button ear} (in dogs), an ear which falls forward and
      completely hides the inside.

   {Ear finger}, the little finger.

   {Ear of Dionysius}, a kind of ear trumpet with a flexible
      tube; -- named from the Sicilian tyrant, who constructed a
      device to overhear the prisoners in his dungeons.

   {Ear sand} (Anat.), otoliths. See {Otolith}.

   {Ear snail} (Zo["o]l.), any snail of the genus {Auricula} and
      allied genera.

   {Ear stones} (Anat.), otoliths. See {Otolith}.

   {Ear trumpet}, an instrument to aid in hearing. It consists
      of a tube broad at the outer end, and narrowing to a
      slender extremity which enters the ear, thus collecting
      and intensifying sounds so as to assist the hearing of a
      partially deaf person.

   {Ear vesicle} (Zo["o]l.), a simple auditory organ, occurring
      in many worms, mollusks, etc. It consists of a small sac
      containing a fluid and one or more solid concretions or
      otocysts.

   {Rose ear} (in dogs), an ear which folds backward and shows
      part of the inside.

   {To give ear to}, to listen to; to heed, as advice or one
      advising. ``Give ear unto my song.'' --Goldsmith.

   {To have one's ear}, to be listened to with favor.

   {Up to the ears}, deeply submerged; almost overwhelmed; as,
      to be in trouble up to one's ears. [Colloq.]