Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Obsolete forms of
earn . - Obsolete forms of
earn . - noun A retired place or habitation: chiefly in composition. See etymology.
- noun See
earn . - noun A termination of Latin origin, occurring in nouns, as in cavern, cistern, lantern, tavern, etc., also in adjectives, as modern, but in adjective use generally extended with -al, as in eternal, fraternal, maternal, paternal, external, internal, infernal, supernal, etc.
- Same as
earn .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A sea eagle, esp. the European white-tailed sea eagle (
Haliæetus albicilla ). - intransitive verb obsolete To stir with strong emotion; to grieve; to mourn. [Corrupted into
yearn in modern editions of Shakespeare.]
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- noun Alternative spelling of
erne . - verb intransitive, obsolete To
stir with strong emotion;grieve ;mourn . - verb Scotland To
pain ;torture . - verb Scotland (of the eyes) To cause to water;
smart . - verb To
run ;flow . - verb Scotland To (cause to)
coagulate ;curdle (milk) by adding rennet and applying heat.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail; of Europe and Greenland
Etymologies
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Examples
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"I reckon it'll be a stuffed fox your chil'ern 'll hunt, Mr. Steeve; more straw in 'em than bow'ls."
Rhoda Fleming — Volume 2 George Meredith 1868
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"I reckon it'll be a stuffed fox your chil'ern 'll hunt, Mr. Steeve; more straw in 'em than bow'ls."
Rhoda Fleming — Complete George Meredith 1868
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"I reckon it'll be a stuffed fox your chil'ern 'll hunt, Mr. Steeve; more straw in 'em than bow'ls."
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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IMO you are also describing the transition of the West (ern civilization) from an expanding culture of risk-takers, explorers and innovators to a place where sheep graze (safely – until the formerly subdued predators revive).
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Closing of the Internet Frontier? 2010
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Foreign companies have been considering exit strategies, scaling back or not investing in the south ern African country renowned for its mineral riches, fertile farmland and educated workforce.
Political doubt hits Zimbabwe investors Farai Mutsaka 2011
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Parker-Pope of The Times — are easily grown in a northeast - ern garden, including beets, chard, pumpkins and blueberries.
verlyn klinkenborg | sow those seeds! « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2009
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Anonsters says: ern: The legal questions are not difficult.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Telling Interview with the Director of Amnesty Israel 2010
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This isn't something he's looking forward to, not because he dislikes schoolhe is in fact an eager studentbut because he doesn't get along with his stepfather, a South? ern Pacific supervisor named Rudy Hollister.
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The J-20 was until recently so secret that it did not have an official name and was known as the J-XX among West ern defense and intelligence officials and experts.
China Stealth Jet 'Leak' Viewed as Intentional Jeremy Page 2011
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To build bridges between Western and East ern ways of thinking, it is necessary that we define culture in new ways.
Rajai Hakki: An Arab-American Iraq War Veteran Returns to the Middle East, Rajai Hakki 2011
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