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earthen
UK /ˈɜː(ɹ)θən/ US /ˈɝθən/
adj 3verb 2
Collocations
2EARTHEN + NOUN
dwellings, mounds, oven, pizza
PREP.
on, on
Definitions
adj
1
Made of earth or mud.
1826, James Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans A hundred earthen dwellings stood on the margin of the lake […]
But transects have also been utilised in a large variety of arenas, including surveying the contents of Amerindian earthen mounds[.]
2
Made of clay.
1589, Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation ... 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, […]
3
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?
verb
1
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.
2
to make earthly or earthlike
It deadens,—or earthens—the spirit in both directions.
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1826, James Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans A hundred earthen dwellings stood on the margin of the lake […]
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But transects have also been utilised in a large variety of arenas, including surveying the contents of Amerindian earthen mounds[.]
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1589, Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation ... the Godfathers and Godmothers follow into the midst of the Church, where there is a sma
Wiktionary04
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.
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It deadens,—or earthens—the spirit in both directions.
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The Master sat down beside her on the earthen bank, and permitted her to touch his features with her trembling hand.
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