adv. rare. [see -WISE.]
1. After the manner of an ear of corn. [EAR sb.1]
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.
2. By means of the ear; auricularly. [EAR sb.2]
1835. T. Hook, G. Gurney (1850), I. vii. 123. Although I took the advice earwise, I did not act upon it.