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Having (such or so many) ears; -- used in composition; as, long- eared-eared; sharp-eared; full-eared; ten-eared.

s by a watery humor; affected with rheum. -- Blear"ed*ness (, n. Dardanian wives, With bleared visages, come forth to view The issue of the exploit. Shak.

The quality of being cleared. Imputed by his friends to the clearedness, by his foes to the searedness, of his conscience. T. Fuller.

Having the ears cropped.

reless or long-continued usage; -- said of a book. Statute books before unopened, not dog-eared. Ld. Mansfield.

With affection or endearment; dearly.

State of being endeared.

Having broad, loose, dependent ears. Shak.

Having large, pendent ears. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Having ears which lop or hang down.

Having erect, pointed ears; -- said of certain dogs. Thou prick-eared cur of Iceland. Shak.

hed; cauterized; hence, figuratively, insensible; not susceptible to moral influences. A seared conscience and a remorseless heart. Macaulay.

The state of being seared or callous; insensibility. Bp. Hall.

Having the color mark ings ill defined, as if rubbed; as, the smeared dagger moth (Apatela oblinita).

Having erect, pointed ears; prick-eared; -- said of certain dogs.

Not eared, or plowed. Shak.

Containing years; having existed or continued many years; aged. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

One of a sect who appeared in France and Spain in the 3d century.

or custom; offense; crime; fault; as, the abuses in the civil service. Abuse after disappeared without a struggle.. Macaulay.

Capable of being cleared off, as a debt.