Lexicon: each – early

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each, adj. [OE ælc.] (webplay: any, assist, either, esteem, every, first, house, man, one, other, separately, took).

  1. Every; any.
  2. Both; the two.
  3. Phrase. “Each other”: both of our; all of our.

each, pron. [see each, adj.] (webplay: changes, fathers, first, one, other, took).

  1. Every person; all of the individuals.
  2. Every creature; every one of the group.
  3. Phrase. “Each other”: both of us; every one of us; between the two of us; between all of us.

eager, adj. [OF aigre, sharp, keen, sour < L. acer, sharp, pungent, swift, strenuous.]

  1. Impatient; intense; anxious to act.
  2. Alert; animated; lively; [fig.] soulful; yearning; keenly suffering; knowing sharp pain.

eagerness, n. [see eager, adj.]

Impatience; intense desire; ardent feeling.

eagle (-s, -'s), n. [OF < L. aquila.] (webplay: flight, golden).

  1. Large diurnal bird of prey.
  2. Gold coin; money piece of the United States having a value of $10.00.

ear (-s), n. [OE] (audio, better, contains, distance, fall, flowers, God, good, hear, intervals, judgement, laid, like, music, noise, pain, reach, set, sound, stunning, times, tones).

  1. Organ of hearing; body part on each side of the head by which sound is perceived.
  2. Sense of hearing; power of distinguishing sounds; capacity for enjoying lyric verse; talent for judging harmony in language.
  3. Person; [metonymy] body; human being.

earl (-'s), n. [OE.] (webplay: formerly, marquis).

Nobleman; man with a title in British nobility; male person having the rank below a marquis and above a viscount.

earldom, n. [see earl, n.]

Domain; estate; territory of an earl.

early (earlier), adj. [see early, adv.] (webplay: age, before, dawn, find, maturity, manhood, met, old, pass, speak, spring, up).

  1. Young; premature; too soon; prior in time.
  2. First; beginning of; near the start of.
  3. Timely; prompt; not late in the season.

early, adv. [OE árlice; see ere, prep.] (webplay: before, begin, children, met, old, PASS, time, usual).

Soon; in good season; in good time; before it's too late.