ear-drop
(ˈɪədrɒp)
[f. ear n.1 + drop n.]
1. An ornamental pendant worn in the ear.
| 1720 Defoe Capt. Singleton 211 A few Diamonds in the Ear-drops. 1861 [see Albert 1]. 1936 L. C. Douglas White Banners ix. 201 While finding the jabot, she had come upon a pair of long imitation-jade eardrops. |
2. transf. The popular name of the flower of the common fuchsia. (Britten and Holland.)