Hēar'ing, n.
n. 1. The act 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.
Sense 2. Attention to what is delivered; opportunity to be heard; audience; as, I could not obtain a hearing.
Sense 3. A listening to facts and evidence, for the sake of adjudication.
His last offenses to us Shall have judicious hearing. Shak.
Sense 4. Reach of the ear; extent within which sound may be heard. “She's not within hearing.” Shak.
They laid him by the pleasant shore, And in the hearing of the wave. Tennyson.