Definition of hearing

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Hearing (n.) Attention to what is delivered; opportunity to be heard; audience; as, I could not obtain a hearing..

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Osteophone :: Osteophone (n.) An instrument for transmission of auditory vibrations through the bones of the head, so as to be appreciated as sounds by persons deaf from causes other than those affecting the nervous apparatus of hearing..
Shearing :: Shearing (n.) The act or operation of reaping.
Sheep-shearing :: Sheep-shearing (n.) Act of shearing sheep.
Clip :: Clip (n.) A cutting; a shearing.
Flock :: Flock (sing. / pl.) Very fine, sifted, woolen refuse, especially that from shearing the nap of cloths, used as a coating for wall paper to give it a velvety or clothlike appearance; also, the dust of vegetable fiber used for a similar purpose..
Overhearing :: Overhearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overhea.
Shear :: Shear (v. t.) A shearing; -- used in designating the age of sheep.
Deafen :: Deafen (v. t.) To make deaf; to deprive of the power of hearing; to render incapable of perceiving sounds distinctly.
Otacoustic :: Otacoustic (a.) Assisting the sense of hearing; as, an otacoustic instrument..
Shearing :: Shearing (n.) The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal.
Acoustically :: Acoustically (adv.) In relation to sound or to hearing.
Shear :: Shear (v. t.) An action, resulting from applied forces, which tends to cause two contiguous parts of a body to slide relatively to each other in a direction parallel to their plane of contact; -- also called shearing stress, and tangential stress..
Appeal :: Appeal (v. t.) To make application for the removal of (a cause) from an inferior to a superior judge or court for a rehearing or review on account of alleged injustice or illegality in the trial below. We say, the cause was appealed from an inferior court..
Sharp :: Sharp (superl.) Affecting the sense as if pointed or cutting, keen, penetrating, acute: to the taste or smell, pungent, acid, sour, as ammonia has a sharp taste and odor; to the hearing, piercing, shrill, as a sharp sound or voice; to the eye, instantaneously brilliant, dazzling, as a sharp flash..
Hearing :: Hearing (n.) A listening to facts and evidence, for the sake of adjudication; a session of a court for considering proofs and determining issues..
Appellant :: Appellant (n.) One who appeals, or asks for a rehearing or review of a cause by a higher tribunal..
Auditory :: Auditory (a.) Of or pertaining to hearing, or to the sense or organs of hearing; as, the auditory nerve. See Ear..
Penitential :: Penitential (n.) A book formerly used by priests hearing confessions, containing rules for the imposition of penances; -- called also penitential book..
Acoustic :: Acoustic (a.) Pertaining to the sense of hearing, the organs of hearing, or the science of sounds; auditory..
Hearing :: Hearing (n.) The act or power of perceiving sound; perception of sound; the faculty or sense by which sound is perceived; as, my hearing is good..
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