| In all sails whose opposite leeches are of the same length, it is terminated above by the earing, and below by the clue. |
| Also, small wedges of wood fastened on the yards, to keep ropes or the earing of the sail from slipping off the yard. |
| In reefing top-sails, the cry when the weather earing is passed. |
| The outer turns of the earing serve to extend the sail outwards along its yard. |
| Percentage reduction on tandem mill and final earing relationships of tinplates are researched. |
| For the sheet must be hauled right in, and cannot be eased while the earing is being made fast. |
