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earing
/ˈɪəɹɪŋ/
noun 5
Collocations
3VERB + EARING
rest
EARING + NOUN
haruest
PREP.
in, in
Definitions
noun
1
A line used to fasten the upper corners of a sail to the yard or gaff.
2
A line for hauling the reef cringle to the yard.
You've forgot to pass the tack-earing, but wid time and help ye'll larn. There's good and just reason for ivry rope aboard, or else 'twould be overboard. D'ye follow me?
3
A line fastening the corners of an awning to the rigging or stanchions.
4
A manufacturing defect in which the edges of sheet metal form a wave pattern during deep drawing.
5
A ploughing of land.
For these two yeeres hath the famine bene in the land: and yet there are fiue yeeres, in the which there shall neither be earing nor haruest.
Sixe dayes thou shalt worke, but on the seuenth day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in haruest thou shalt rest.
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You've forgot to pass the tack-earing, but wid time and help ye'll larn. There's good and just reason for ivry rope aboard, or else 'twould be overboard. D'ye follow me?
Wiktionary02
For these two yeeres hath the famine bene in the land: and yet there are fiue yeeres, in the which there shall neither be earing nor haruest.
Wiktionary03
Sixe dayes thou shalt worke, but on the seuenth day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in haruest thou shalt rest.
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