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comparative more earthen, superlative most earthen
Made of earth or mud. quotations examples
A hundred earthen dwellings stood on the margin of the lake […]
1826, James Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans
But transects have also been utilised in a large variety of arenas, including surveying the contents of Amerindian earthen mounds[.]
2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, page 4
Made of clay (especially said of pottery). quotations examples
... 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, Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation
(archaic) Earthly. quotations
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, Maria Lydia Winkler, From Glory to Glory; Or, The Christian's Glorious Ministry, page 228
third-person singular simple present earthens, present participle earthening, simple past and past participle earthened
(transitive) to provide or add soil to quotations examples
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, N.R. Das, Tillage and Crop Production, 2nd Ed., page 104
(transitive) to make earthly or earthlike quotations examples
It deadens,—or earthens—the spirit in both directions.
1919, The Improvement Era, volume 23, page 191