10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SET BY THE EARS»
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set by the ears in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Dictionnary of
the English Language with Numerous ...
To set by the Ears. To make strife; to quarrel ; in low language. A mean rascal
sets others together by the ears without fighting himself. L'Estrange. She used to
carry tales from one to another, till she had set the neighbourhood together by the
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A Dictionary of Anglo-American Proverbs & Proverbial ...
To have one's ears pinned back 1982 I had my ears so effectively pinned back
that my head was set reeling. (pp. 160-161) Olivier, Laurence. Confessions of an
Actor: An Autobiography. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1982. To set by the
ears ...
George B. Bryan, Wolfgang Mieder, 2005
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A dictionary of
the english language: in which
the words are ...
More. To set by the Ears. To make strife ; to quarrel. L' Estrange. EAR-BORED, a.
Having the ears perforated. Bp. Hall. EAR-DEAFENING, a. Stunning the ear with
noise. Shakspeare. EAR-LAP. n. s. [ean-laeppe, Sax.] The tip of the ear. Huloet.
Samuel Johnson, Henry John Todd, Alexander Chalmers, 1853
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Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms
... ears back: see PIN. play something by ear: see PLAY. prick up your ears: see
PRICK. set by the ears cause people to quarrel. someone's ears are burning
someone is subconsciously aware of being talked about, especially in their
absence.
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A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of
the ...
The whole organ of audition or hearing; that part of the ear that stands prominent;
power of judging of harmony ; the spike of corn, that part •which contains the
seeds. To fall together by the ears ; to fight, to scuffle. To set by the ears; to make
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To set by the EARS. To make strife : lo quarrel. L'Estrange. EAR-BORED*, eer'-
bord. a. Having the ears perforated. Bp. Hail. EAR-DEAFENING*. eer'-deP-fn-lng.
a. Stunning the ear wilh noise. Shakspeare. EAR-LAP*, eei-Map. n. s. [eap-lwppe
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Samuel Johnson, Henry John Todd, Alexander Chalmers, 1835
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Walker's Pronouncing Dictionary ... of
the English Language ...
The whole organ of audition or hearing ; that part of the ear that stands prominent
; power of judging of harmony; the spike of corn, that part which contains the
seeds ; To fall together by the ears, to fight, to scuffle; To set by the ears, to . make
...
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A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary: And Expositor of
the ...
The whole organ of audition or hearing; that part of the ear that stands prominent;
power of judging of harmony ; the spike of corn, that part which contains the
seeds; To fall topether by the ears, to fight, to scuffle ; To set by the ears, to make
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... PRICK * to set by the ears ttSfKIBJ ; {£-£^#1 (The Nepalese prince's choice of a
wife set his family fry r/ie ears'. /BffiSf IfW to stop one's ears H STOP to turn a deaf
ear to % DEAF up to one's ears (P) jSrSPfiJS- (We're upto our ears in work.
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A dictionary of
the English language. Abstracted from
the ...
The spike of corn ; that part wh ich contains the seeds. Bacon. Mortimer. 0. To fall
together by the Eabs. To fight ; to scuffle. More. 10. To set by the Ears. To make
strife ; to make to quarrel. Addison. EA'KLESS. a. [from ear.] Wanting ears. Pope.
