4. (Min.)
Defn: Without luster, or dull and roughish to the touch; as, an earthy fracture.
EARWAX
Ear"wax`, n. (Anat.)
Defn: See Cerumen.
EARWIG
Ear"wig`, n. Etym: [AS. eárwicga; eáre ear + wicga beetle, worm: cf.
Prov. E. erri-wiggle.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any insect of the genus Forticula and related genera, belonging to the order Euplexoptera.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: In America, any small chilopodous myriapod, esp. of the genus
Geophilus.
Note: Both insects are so called from the supposition that they creep into the human ear.