Usage examples for Earing:

• Scarcely had I reached the lee foretop- sail yard- arm, and had, as I believed, the earing in my hand, when, how I cannot tell, I found myself jerked off the yard; and ere I could secure a firm grasp of the rope I held, I found myself hurled through the midnight air, clutching emptiness, till I reached the foam- covered water, through which the ship was hurriedly ploughing her way. "Old Jack" – W.H.G. Kingston

• Earing faced his Commander in silence, perfectly conscious that nothing he could utter contained an argument like this. "The Red Rover" – James Fenimore Cooper

• Asking nothing by word or look, he proved himself under her eyes- first on deck; first in the rigging; the best man at a weather- earing the best at the wheel; quick, obedient, intelligent, and respectful, winning the admiration of his mates, the jealous ill will of the officers, but no sign of interest or approval from her until to- night- the ninety- second day of the passage. ""Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea" – Morgan Robertson

• 15. An ordinary reader of our time cannot without assistance fully understand these passages, because the words " earing leasing," and " let" convey to his mind either no idea at all or a wrong idea. "Practical Exercises in English" – Huber Gray Buehler