Definition of Earstone

1. an otolith [n -S] - See also: otolith

Lexicographical Neighbors of Earstone

earrings
ears
ears-only
ears are burning
earsful
earsh
earshes
earshot
earshots
earshrift
earsore
earsores
earsplitting
earsplittingly
earst
earstone (current term)
earstones
earth
earth-ball
earth-bound
earth-closet
earth-eating
earth-fast
earth-floor
earth-floors
earth-god
earth-goddess
earth-nut pea
earth-shattering
earth-shine

Literary usage of Earstone

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Microscopic Anatomy of the Human Body, in Health and Disease by Arthur Hill Hassall, Henry Vanarsdale (1852)
"... otolith or earstone, when solid, as in the osseous fishes, and otoconia or ear-powder, when in the form of minute crystalline grains, as in Mammalia, ..."

2. Scientific Investigations by Great Britain Fishery Board for Scotland, Fishery Board for Scotland (1907)
"The fish from which the largest earstone, shown on pi iii. A. (tig. ... This earstone measures about 27'5mm. long by fully 9mm. in greatest width. ..."

3. Domestic Annals of Scotland: From the Reformation to the Revolution by Robert Chambers (1874)
"There was ane man [James Sinclair of earstone] speaking to his lordship, shot through the head; ane other by him shot through the leg; and ane bullet struck ..."

4. The Standard Cipher Code of the American Railway Association, for the Use of by American Railway Association (1906)
"Is there likely to be an increase in earnings? ,_ . earstone . Net earnings after deducting taxes )_ ..."

5. Bulletin de la Société géologique de Normandie by Société géologique de Normandie (1887)
"CALLAWAY. — On sortie derived fragments in the Longmynd and newer Archaean Rocks in Shropshire. STRAHAN. — On the relations of the Lincolnshire earstone. ..."

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