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ving sound; perception of sound; the faculty or sense by which sound is perceived; as, my hearing is good. I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear. Job xlii. 5.

The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.

Act of shearing sheep.

An instrument for measuring the acuteness of the sense of hearing. Itard.

The measuring of the power or extent of hearing.

Pertaining to the sense of hearing, the organs of hearing, or the science of sounds; auditory. Acoustic duct, the auditory duct, or external passage of the ear. -- Acoustic telegraph, a telegraph making audible signals; a telephone. -- Acoustic vessels, brazen tubes or vessels, shaped like a bell, used in ancient the…

In relation to sound or to hearing. Tyndall.

ressions; acting keenly on the senses; sharp; keen; intense; as, a man of acute eyesight, hearing, or feeling; acute pain or pleasure.

e way of descent; to trace origin to. How do these facts tend to affiliate the faculty of hearing upon the aboriginal vegetative processes H. Spencer.

row, pain, care, etc. ; -- opposed to aggravate. The calamity of the want of the sense of hearing is much alleviated by giving the use of letters. Bp. Horsley.

cation for the removal of (a cause) from an inferior to a superior judge or court for a rehearing or review on account of alleged injustice or illegality in the trial below. We say, the cause was appealed from an inferior court.

One who appeals, or asks for a rehearing or review of a cause by a higher tribunal.

The hearing and determination of a cause between parties in controversy, by a person or persons chosen by the parties.

The act of hearing; attention to sounds. Thou, therefore, give due audience, and attend. Milton.

An instrument by which the power of hearing can be gauged and recorded on a scale.

An audience; a hearing. [Obs.] He appeals to a high audit. Milton.

The act of hearing or listening; hearing. Audition may be active or passive; hence the difference between listening and simple hearing. Dunglison.

Of or pertaining to hearing; auditory. [R.] Cotgrave.

Of or pertaining to hearing, or to the sense or organs of hearing; as, the auditory nerve. See Ear. Auditory canal (Anat.), the tube from the auditory meatus or opening of the ear to the tympanic membrane.

An instrument applied to the ears to give aid in hearing; a kind of ear trumpet. Mansfield.