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EARNING
Open directlyHastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
EARNING is an old English word for ploughing. Gen 45:6; Ex 34:21; Deut 21:4; 1 Sam 8:12.
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
That which is earned; wages gained by work or services; money earned; -- used commonly in the plural. As to the common people, their stock is in their persons and in their earnings. Burke.