immersing the naked body in earth for healing purposes. — Earth battery (Physics), a voltaic battery
the elements of which are buried in the earth to be acted on by its moisture. — Earth chestnut, the
pignut. — Earth closet, a privy or commode provided with dry earth or a similar substance for covering
and deodorizing the fæcal discharges. — Earth dog (Zoöl.), a dog that will dig in the earth, or enter
holes of foxes, etc. — Earth hog, Earth pig (Zoöl.), the aard- vark. — Earth hunger, an intense
desire to own land, or, in the case of nations, to extend their domain. — Earth light (Astron.), the
light reflected by the earth, as upon the moon, and corresponding to moonlight; — called also earth
shine. Sir J. Herschel. — Earth metal. See 1st Earth, 7. (Chem.) — Earth oil, petroleum. —
Earth pillars or pyramids (Geol.), high pillars or pyramids of earth, sometimes capped with a single
stone, found in Switzerland. Lyell. — Earth pitch (Min.), mineral tar, a kind of asphaltum. — Earth
quadrant, a fourth of the earth's circumference. — Earth table (Arch.), the lowest course of stones
visible in a building; the ground table. — On earth, an intensive expression, oftenest used in questions
and exclamations; as, What on earth shall I do? Nothing on earth will satisfy him. [Colloq.]
Earth
(Earth) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Earthed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Earthing.]
1. To hide, or cause to hide, in the earth; to chase into a burrow or den. "The fox is earthed." Dryden.
2. To cover with earth or mold; to inter; to bury; — sometimes with up.
The miser earths his treasure, and the thief,
Watching the mole, half beggars him ere noon.
Young.
Why this in earthing up a carcass?
R. Blair. Earth
(Earth), v. i. To burrow. Tickell.
Earth
(Earth), n. [From Ear to plow.] A plowing. [Obs.]
Such land as ye break up for barley to sow,
Two earths at the least, ere ye sow it, bestow.
Tusser. Earthbag
(Earth"bag`) n. (Mil.) A bag filled with earth, used commonly to raise or repair a parapet.
Earthbank
(Earth"bank`) n. A bank or mound of earth.
Earthboard
(Earth"board`) n. (Agric.) The part of a plow, or other implement, that turns over the earth; the
moldboard.
Earthborn
(Earth"born`) a.
1. Born of the earth; terrigenous; springing originally from the earth; human.
Some earthborn giant.
Milton. 2. Relating to, or occasioned by, earthly objects.
All earthborn cares are wrong.
Goldsmith. Earthbred
(Earth"bred`) a. Low; grovelling; vulgar.
Earthdin
(Earth"din`) n. An earthquake. [Obs.]
Earthdrake
(Earth"drake`) n. A mythical monster of the early Anglo-Saxon literature; a dragon. W. Spalding.
Earthen
(Earth"en) a. Made of earth; made of burnt or baked clay, or other like substances; as, an earthen
vessel or pipe.
Earthen-hearted
(Earth"en-heart`ed) a. Hard- hearted; sordid; gross. [Poetic] Lowell.
