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Webster 1913 Edition

Earthy

Earth′y

,
Adj.
1.
Consisting of, or resembling, earth; terrene; earthlike;
as,
earthy
matter
.
How pale she looks,
And of an
earthy
cold!
Shakespeare
All over
earthy
, like a piece of earth.
Tennyson.
2.
Of or pertaining to the earth or to, this world; earthly; terrestrial; carnal.
[R.]
“Their earthy charge.”
Milton.
The first man is of the earth,
earthy
; the second man is from heaven. As is the earthy, such are they also that are
earthy
.
1 Cor. xv. 47, 48 (Rev. Ver. )
Earthy
spirits black and envious are.
Dryden.
3.
Gross; low; unrefined.
“Her earthy and abhorred commands.”
Shak.
4.
(Min.)
Without luster, or dull and roughish to the touch;
as, an
earthy
fracture
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Earthy

EARTH'Y

,
Adj.
Consisting of earth; as earthy matter.
1.
Resembling earth; as an earthy taste or smell.
2.
Partaking of earth; terrene.
3.
Inhabiting the earth; terrestrial; as earthy spirits.
4.
Relating to earth; as an earthy sign.
5.
Gross; not refined; as an earthy conceit.
6.
Earthy fracture, in mineralogy, is when the fracture of a mineral is rough, with minute elevations and depressions.

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