adv. rare. [see -WISE.]

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  1.  After the manner of an ear of corn. [EAR sb.1]

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1723.  Bradley, Fam. Dict., II. s.v. Mint, The Great Mint … has leaves like Sage … with a good Number of Stems at the End of which it produces Flowers growing Ear-wise.

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  2.  By means of the ear; auricularly. [EAR sb.2]

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1835.  T. Hook, G. Gurney (1850), I. vii. 123. Although I took the advice earwise, I did not act upon it.

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