hearing:
1.
in the sense of
‘faculty or sense by which sounds are
heard’ is used in contexts where ‘ear(s)’ would now be usual, e.g.
Tp. I. ii. 265
“terrible To enter human
,”
LLL. II. i. 75
“younger h-s are quite
ravished,”
Ant. V. ii. 95
“You lie, up to the
of
the gods,”
Ven. 428
“would . . . I had no
hearing.”
2.
report, news
Shr. V. ii. 183
“'Tis a good when
children are toward,”
Cym. III. i. 4
“theme and ”
