| For the sheet must be hauled right in, and cannot be eased while the earing is being made fast. |
| The majority are quoted in earing liabilities. |
| And yet, earing, with all this press of canvas, by the compass we have not left her a foot. |
| Also, small wedges of wood fastened on the yards, to keep ropes or the earing of the sail from slipping off the yard. |
| Indeed, the first person to ever be adjusted was a deaf person who regained his earing after the adjustment. |
| This is placed on the upper side of the gaff, to pass the outer earing round from the cringle. |
