v. i. [ AS. irnan to run. √11. See Rennet, and cf. Yearnings. ] To curdle, as milk. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
The high repute
Which he through hazard huge must earn. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
I earn that [ what ] I eat. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
The bread I have earned by the hazard of my life or the sweat of my brow. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
Earned run (Baseball),
v. i. [ See 4th Yearn. ] To long; to yearn. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
And ever as he rode, his heart did earn
To prove his puissance in battle brave. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. & i. [ See 1st Yearn. ] To grieve. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zoöl.) See Ern, n. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.
n. someone who earns wages in return for labor.
a.
An earnest advocate to plead for him. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
They whom earnest lets do often hinder. Hooker.
n. [ AS. eornost, eornest; akin to OHG. ernust, G. ernst; cf. Icel. orrosta battle, perh. akin to Gr.
Take heed that this jest do not one day turn to earnest. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]
And given in earnest what I begged in jest. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
In earnest,
v. t. To use in earnest. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
To earnest them [ our arms ] with men. Pastor Fido (1602). [ 1913 Webster ]