Obs. [f. EARN v.3; = YEARNING.]

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  1.  Longing desire; poignant grief or compassion.

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1631.  R. H., Arraignm. Whole Creature, xii. § 4. 131. The strong movings of his hart, and the earnings of his affections.

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1711.  Steele, Spect., No. 95, ¶ 1. The generous Earnings of Distress in a manly Temper.

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  2.  The act of uttering the prolonged cry of hounds or deer.

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1575.  Laneham, Lett. (1871), 13. The earning of the hoounds in continuauns of their crie.

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1631.  R. H., Arraignm. Whole Creature, xiii. § 4. 219. The young Fawne with earning?

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