Having the wings of an eagle; swift, or soaring high, like an eagle.

A female or hen eagle.

A concretionary nodule of clay ironstone, of the size of a walnut or larger, so called by the ancients, who believed that the eagle transported these stones to her nest to facilitate the laying of her eggs; a/tites.

A young eagle, or a diminutive eagle.

A kind of fragrant wood. See Agallochum.

See Eddish.

A wave, or two or three successive waves, of great height and violence, at flood tide moving up an estuary or river; -- commonly called the bore or tidal bore. See Bore.

An alderman.

Ale.

Uncle.

To bring forth, as young; to yean.

A lamb just brought forth; a yeanling.

To plow or till; to cultivate.

Having the ear perforated.

Thinking chiefly or most readily through, or in terms related to, the sense of hearing; specif., thinking words as spoken, as a result of familiarity with speech or of mental peculiarity; -- opposed to eye-minded.

The earwig.

having the shape of an ear.

any of various large edible marine gastropod mollusks of the genus Haliotis, having a flattened ear-shaped shell with a pearly interior; -- called also sea-ear. See Abalone.

Deafening; disagreeably loud or shrill; as, ear-splitting strains.

Arable; tillable.

Ache or pain in the ear.

Receiving by the ear.

A cap or cover to protect the ear from cold.

A disease in wheat, in which the blackened and contracted grain, or ear, is filled with minute worms.

A pendant for the ear; an earring; as, a pair of eardrops.

The tympanum. See Illust. of Ear.

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

one of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm. On some hats the earflaps may be adjusted or tied to the top of the hat, and lowered when needed in colder weather.

Fear or timidity, especially of something supernatural.

A plowing of land.

The needlefish.

The lobe of the ear.

The jurisdiction of an earl; the territorial possessions of an earl.

Alderman.

The red-breasted merganser (Merganser serrator).

Without ears; hence, deaf or unwilling to hear.

An earring.

occurring at a prior time; as, on earlier occasions.

preceding all others in time.

The state of being early or forward; promptness.

A lock or curl of hair near the ear; a lovelock. See Lovelock.

In advance of the usual or appointed time; in good season; prior in time; among or near the first; -- opposed to late; as, the early bird; an early spring; early fruit.

being somewhat early.

To mark, as sheep, by cropping or slitting the ear.

To curdle, as milk.

Gained as a result of effort or action; -- used especially of income; as, earned income. Contrasted with unearned.

someone who earns wages in return for labor.

Something given, or a part paid beforehand, as a pledge; pledge; handsel; a token of what is to come.

Serious.

In an earnest manner.

The state or quality of being earnest; intentness; anxiety.

Full of anxiety or yearning.

That which is earned; wages gained by work or services; money earned; -- used commonly in the plural.

An instrument for removing wax from the ear.

a device for converting electric signals into sounds, designed to be held over or inserted into the ear; as, The common telephone handset has a speaker and an earpiece.

Earshot.

An ornament consisting of a ring passed through the lobe of the ear, with or without a pendant.

See Arrish.

Reach of the ear; distance at which words may be heard.

A nickname for auricular confession; shrift.

See Erst.

A plowing.

colors like those of soil or earth; brownish-reds and browns.

colors like those of soil or earth; brownish-reds and browns.

Born of the earth; terrigenous; springing originally from the earth; human; having the characteristics of earthly life; as, earth-born beings.

a small building with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate.

having the color of soil or earth; reddish or reddish-brown.

a god of fertility and vegetation.

a goddess of fertility and vegetation.

sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; as, earth-shaking proposals; an earth-shaking event.

A fungus of the genus Geoglossum.

A bag filled with earth, used commonly to raise or repair a parapet.

any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean trufflelike fruiting bodies.

A bank or mound of earth.

The part of a plow, or other implement, that turns over the earth; the moldboard.

Low; grovelling; vulgar.

An earthquake.

A mythical monster of the early Anglo-Saxon literature; a dragon.

Made of earth; made of burnt or baked clay, or other like substances; as, an earthen vessel or pipe.

Hard-hearted; sordid; gross.

Vessels and other utensils, ornaments, or the like, made of baked clay. See Crockery, Pottery, Stoneware, and Porcelain.

A pronged fork for turning up the earth.

The quality or state of being earthy, or of containing earth; hence, grossness.

The sunlight reflected from the earth to the moon, by which we see faintly, when the moon is near the sun (either before or after new moon), that part of the moon's disk unillumined by direct sunlight, or /the old moon in the arms of the new./

The quality or state of being earthly; worldliness; grossness; perishableness.

An inhabitant of the earth; a mortal.

In the manner of the earth or its people; worldly.

Having a mind devoted to earthly things; worldly-minded; -- opposed to spiritual-minded.

The earthworm.

A name given to various roots, tubers, or pods grown under or on the ground The esculent tubers of the umbelliferous plants Bunium flexuosum and Carum Bulbocastanum. The peanut. See Peanut.

A species of pea (Amphicarp/a monoica). It is a climbing leguminous plant, with hairy underground pods.

Like, or characteristic of, an earthquake; loud; startling.

An earthquake.

An earthquake.

A curious fungus of the genus Geaster, in which the outer coating splits into the shape of a star, and the inner one forms a ball containing the dustlike spores.

Toward the earth; -- opposed to heavenward or skyward.

Any construction, whether a temporary breastwork or permanent fortification, for attack or defense, the material of which is chiefly earth.

Any worm of the genus Lumbricus and allied genera, found in damp soil. One of the largest and most abundant species in Europe and America is L. terrestris; many others are known; -- called also angleworm and dewworm.

Consisting of, or resembling, earth; terrene; earthlike; as, earthy matter.

See Cerumen.

To influence, or attempt to influence, by whispered insinuations or private talk.

A witness by means of his ears; one who is within hearing and does hear; a hearer.

To free from anything that pains, disquiets, or oppresses; to relieve from toil or care; to give rest, repose, or tranquillity to; -- often with of; as, to ease of pain; to ease the body or mind.

made less severe or intense; mitigated.

Full of ease; suitable for affording ease or rest; quiet; comfortable; restful.

A frame (commonly) of wood serving to hold a canvas upright, or nearly upright, for the painter's convenience or for exhibition.

Without ease.

That which gives ease, relief, or assistance; convenience; accommodation.

With ease; without difficulty or much effort; as, this task may be easily performed; that event might have been easily foreseen.

The state or condition of being easy; freedom from distress; rest.

a change for the better.

To move toward the east; to veer from the north or south toward the east; to orientate.

Belonging to, or relating to, the East Indies. A native of, or a dweller in, the East Indies.

of a region of the U. S. generally including Kentucky and West Virginia.

Relating to the Eastern Islands; East Indian.

moving toward the east; as, eastbound trains.

To veer to the east; -- said of the wind.

Relating to the money of the Easterlings, or Baltic traders. See Sterling.

Toward, or in the direction of, the east.

Situated or dwelling in the east; oriental; as, an eastern gate; Eastern countries.