Emily Dickinson Lexicon

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.