Alternative form of eagre (tidal bore).

Gravity; serious purpose; earnestness. / Seriousness; reality; actuality (as opposed to joking or pretence)

(transitive) To be serious with; use in earnest.

(said of an action or an utterance) Serious or honest. / (with a positive sense) Focused in the pursuit of an objective; eager to obtain or do. / Intent; focused; showing a lot of concentration.

A sum of money paid in advance as a deposit; hence, a pledge, a guarantee, an indication of something to come.

(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of earn

(obsolete) The little finger.

An inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of heaven. [from 16th c.]

(US slang) A well-off person who indulges himself or herself; a playboy.

The lower, exterior, fleshy, bulbous part of the human ear. / The fleshy patch of skin below the ear tuft of a chicken.