Sekirov Dictionary

earthen

UK /ˈɜː(ɹ)θən/US /ˈɝθən/

adjective 3
verb 2
forms 5

adjective3

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Made of earth or mud.
- A hundred earthen dwellings stood on the margin of the lake […] — 1826
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Made of clay.
- ... the Godfathers and Godmothers follow into the midst of the Church, where there is a small table ready set, and on it an earthen pot ful of warme water, […] — 1589
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(no longer used) Earthly.
- Will they be yours when one by one these earthen / Delights and comforts and all beauties wane? / Will they be found laid up above, illumined? — 1903

verb2

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to provide or add soil to
- Their inter-tillage operations, earthening-up of some crops and tillage in orchard/gardens or plantation crops, are stated below, under special cropping system in different situations. — 2017
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to make earthly or earthlike
- It deadens,—or earthens—the spirit in both directions. — 1919

forms

earthened · earthening · earthens · more earthen · most earthen

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