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ˈɪər ɪŋear·ing

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  1. earingnoun

    A line used to fasten the upper corners of a sail to the yard or gaff; also called head earing.

Wikipedia

  1. Earing

    In sailing, an earing is a small line (rope) used to fasten the corner of a sail to a spar or yard.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Earing

    of Ear

  2. Earingnoun

    a line used to fasten the upper corners of a sail to the yard or gaff; -- also called head earing

  3. Earingnoun

    a line for hauling the reef cringle to the yard; -- also called reef earing

  4. Earingnoun

    a line fastening the corners of an awning to the rigging or stanchions

  5. Earingnoun

    coming into ear, as corn

  6. Earingnoun

    a plowing of land

Wikidata

  1. Earing

    In sailing, an earing is a small line used to fasten the corner of a sail to a spar or yard. In the Age of Sail, a position at the Weather Earing was considered a place of honor for the topmen, and on a merchant ship was the position of the second mate during reefing.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. EARING

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Earing is ranked #104156 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Earing surname appeared 172 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Earing.

    93% or 160 total occurrences were White.
    3.4% or 6 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    2.9% or 5 total occurrences were of two or more races.

Anagrams for earing »

  1. anigre

  2. regain

  3. Regina

  4. gainer

  5. arenig

  6. reagin

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of earing in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of earing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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