Word Meanings - EARTHBOARD - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The part of a plow, or other implement, that turns over the earth; the moldboard.

• Earthfork
  A pronged fork for turning up the earth.
• Earthwards
  Toward the earth; -- opposed to heavenward or skyward.
• Otherwise
  In a different manner; in another way, or in other ways; differently; contrarily.
• Turnsole
  A plant of the genus Heliotropium; heliotrope; -- so named because its flowers are supposed to turn toward the sun.
• Earthiness
  The quality or state of being earthy, or of containing earth; hence, grossness.
• Earthwork
  Any construction, whether a temporary breastwork or permanent fortification, for attack or defense, the material of which is chiefly earth.
• Turnspit
  One who turns a spit; hence, a person engaged in some menial office.
• Earthliness
  The quality or state of being earthly; worldliness; grossness; perishableness.
• Earthworm
  Any worm of the genus Lumbricus and allied genera, found in damp soil. One of the largest and most abundant species in Europe and America is L. terrestris; many others are known; -- called also angleworm and dewworm.
• Turnstile
  A revolving frame in a footpath, preventing the passage of horses or cattle, but admitting that of persons; a turnpike. See Turnpike, n., 1.
• Earthling
  An inhabitant of the earth; a mortal.
• Turnstone
  Any species of limicoline birds of the genera Strepsilas and Arenaria, allied to the plovers, especially the common American and European species (Strepsilas interpres). They are so called from their habit of turning up small stones in search of m
• Earthing
  of Earth
• Implement
  That which fulfills or supplies a want or use; esp., an instrument, toll, or utensil, as supplying a requisite to an end; as, the implements of trade, of husbandry, or of war.
• EARTHENHEARTED
  Hard-hearted; sordid; gross. [Poetic] Lowell.
• Earthbag
  A bag filled with earth, used commonly to raise or repair a parapet.

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