1. \Ear"ing\, n. (Naut.)
   (a) A line used to fasten the upper corners of a sail to the
       yard or gaff; -- also called {head earing}.
   (b) A line for hauling the reef cringle to the yard; -- also
       called reef earing.
   (c) A line fastening the corners of an awning to the rigging
       or stanchions.
   

2. \Ear"ing\, n.
   Coming into ear, as corn.
   

3. \Ear"ing\, n.
   A plowing of land. [Archaic]
         Neither earing nor harvest.              --Gen. xlv. 6.
   

an Old English word (from the Latin aro, I plough), meaning "ploughing." It is used in the Authorized Version in Gen. 45:6; Ex. 34:21; 1 Sam. 8:12; Deut. 21:4; Isa. 30:24; but the Revised Version has rendered the original in these places by the ordinary word to plough or till.