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Webster 1913 Edition

Hearing

Hear′ing

,
Noun.
1.
The act or power of perceiving sound; perception of sound; the faculty or sense by which sound is perceived;
as, my
hearing
is good
.
I have heard of thee by the
hearing
of the ear.
Job xlii. 5.
☞ Hearing in a special sensation, produced by stimulation of the auditory nerve; the stimulus (waves of sound) acting not directly on the nerve, but through the medium of the endolymph on the delicate epithelium cells, constituting the peripheral terminations of the nerve. See
Ear
.
2.
Attention to what is delivered; opportunity to be heard; audience;
as, I could not obtain a
hearing
.
3.
A listening to facts and evidence, for the sake of adjudication; a session of a court for considering proofs and determining issues.
His last offenses to us
Shall have judicious
hearing
.
Shakespeare
Another
hearing
before some other court.
Dryden.
☞ Hearing, as applied to equity cases, means the same thing that the word trial does at law.
Abbot.
4.
Extent within which sound may be heard; sound; earshot.
“She’s not within hearing.”
Shak.
They laid him by the pleasant shore,
And in the
hearing
of the wave.
Tennyson.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hearing

HE'ARING

,
ppr.
Perceiving by the ear, as sound.
1.
Listening to; attending to; obeying; observing what is commanded.
2.
Attending to witnesses or advocates in a judicial trial; trying.

HE'ARING

,
Noun.
The faculty or sense by which sound is perceived.
1.
Audience; attention to what is delivered; opportunity to be heard. I waited on the minister, but could not obtain a hearing.
2.
Judicial trial; attention to the facts, testimony and arguments in a cause between parties, with a view to a just decision.
3.
The act of perceiving sounds; sensation or perception of sound.
I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear. Job.42.
And to the others he said in my hearing. Ezek.9.
4.
Reach of the ear; extent within which sound may be heard. He was not within hearing.

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