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Earings, in their true natures euery way doe differ nothing from the
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_The manner of plowing the white or gray Clay, his Earings, Plough, and
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Earings of this blacke clay and red Sand, onely the Séede which must be sowne vpon this soile differeth from the former: for vpon this soile in stead of Barley you must sow most Oates, as a Graine which will take much strength from little fertilitie: and in stead of Rye you shall sow more Wheate and more Pease, or in stead of Pease then you shall sow
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_Earings_ are small lines, by which the uppermost corners of the largest sails are secured to the yard-arms.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 285, December 1, 1827 Various
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Clay mixt with white Sand, their Earings, Plough and Implements.
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Flints, which is the better signe of fruitfulnesse: yet in their order of tillage or Earings, in their wéeding and cleansing, and in all other ardors and obseruations, they differ nothing at all, the beginning and ending of each seuerall worke being all one.
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_The manner of plowing the red-Sand, his Earings, Plough, and Implements.
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_The manner of plowing the white Sand, his Earings, Plough, and
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Some of these are hard and will Endure the Cutting and pollishing by art and soe they make rings and Earings of them, the harder the stone is more valuable, wch differences ye true Diamond that will bear the fire or ye greatest force, and Cannot be divided nor Cut but by some of itself, diamond dust being ye only way they Can Cut diamonds that itself is Capable of Impressing Carracters on Glass.
Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary 1888
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They have Earings by way of Ornament, but wear them only at one
Captain Cook's Journal during his first voyage round the world 1767
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