Emily Dickinson Lexicon

HEAR'ING, n.

1. The faculty or sense by which sound is perceived.
2. Audience; attention to what is delivered; opportunity to be heard. I waited on the minister, but could not obtain a hearing.
3. Judicial trial; attention to the facts, testimony and arguments in a cause between parties, with a view to a just decision.
4. The act of perceiving sound; sensation or perception of sound. I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear. Job xlii. And to the others he said in my hearing. Ezek. ix.
5. Reach of the ear; extent within which sound may be heard. He was not within hearing.