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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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9,281 words match “EAR”

Behavior. [Obs.] Blackstone.

Behavior. [Obs.] Sir. T. More.

Afraid. [Obs.] Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises. Shak.

To frighten. [Obs.] Spenser.

ALVEARY n. 2 definitions

The hollow of the external ear. Quincy.

ANCHOVY PEAR n.

dian fruit like the mango in taste, sometimes pickled; also, the tree (Grias cauliflora) bearing this fruit.

ANEAR prep. 2 definitions

Near. [R.] "It did not come anear." Coleridge. The measure of misery anear us. I. Taylor.

An edentate animal of tropical America (the Tamanoir), living on ants. It belongs to the genus Myrmecophaga.

APPEAR v. 6 definitions

in sight; to be in view; to become visible. And God . . . said, Let . . . the dry land appear. Gen. i. 9.

APPEARANCE n. 7 definitions

The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me.

One who appears. Sir T. Browne.

APPEARINGLY adv.

Apparently. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

AREAR adv. 2 definitions

Backward; in or to the rear; behindhand. Spenser.

ARMOR-BEARER n.

One who carries the armor or arms of another; an armiger. Judg. ix. 54.

ARREAR adv. 2 definitions

To or in the rear; behind; backwards. [Obs.] Spenser.

That which remains unpaid and overdue, after payment of a part; arrears. The old arrearages . . . being defrayed. Howell.

Smeared over. Dickens.

Wearied. [Poetic]

Weary. [Poetic] "I begin to be aweary of thee." Shak.

of Majorca, Minorca, Ivica, etc., in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Valencia. Balearic crane. (Zoöl.) See Crane.