ˈear-ache
[f. ear n.1]
1. Pain in the drum of the ear; otalgia.
| 1789 W. Buchan Dom. Med. (1790) 361 When the ear-ach proceeds from insects, or any hard body sticking in the ear. 1863 Fr. Kemble Resid. Georgia 63 A poor woman suffering dreadfully from the earache. |
2. dial. The Field Poppy. (Britten and Holland.)