See Also:

resiliency (iou) and ear(3) (iou)


resiliency (iou)



resiliency noun. M17.
[formed as RESILIENCE: see -ENCY.]
Tendency to rebound, recoil, or return to a state. M17.
Elasticity. M19.
Power of recovery; resistance to adversity. M19.

ear(3) (iou)



ear verb1 trans. Now arch. & dial.
[Old English erian = Old Frisian era, Old Saxon erian, Old High German erren, Old Norse erja, Gothic arjan, from Indo-European base repr. also by Latin arare.]
Plough, till (the ground); turn up by ploughing.
fig.: Shakespeare Anthony & Cleopatra The Sea..which they ear and wound With keels.