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† ˈear-ˌrent Obs. [perh. orig. f. ear n.3 + rent; but used (? punningly) with allusion to ear n.1] ? Some kind of agricultural rent. In quots. used punningly for: a. The loss of a person's ears in the pillory. b. The ‘tax’ imposed on a listener's patience by a profitless or noisy talker.1610 B. Jons...
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▪ I. ear, n.1 (ɪə(r)) Forms: 1–2 éare, 3–6 ere, (3 ire, 4 ȝhere, er, erre, 5 heer, here, 6 heare) 4–6 eere, yere, 5 eire, 6–7 eare, 6– ear. pl. ears; also 1–2 earan, 1 earo, -u, 2–4 earen, 4 eeren, eren, (heren, ern). [Common Teut.: OE. éare wk. neut. = OFris. âre, OS. ôre, ôra (MDu. ōre, oore, Du. ...
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