Word Meanings - EARTHEN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Made of earth; made of burnt or baked clay, or other like substances; as, an earthen vessel or pipe.

• 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.
• BAKEMEATBAKEDMEAT
  A pie; baked food. [Obs.] Gen. xl. 17. Shak.
• 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.
• BAKERLEGGED
  Having legs that bend inward at the knees.
• Earthed
  of Earth
• Earthling
  An inhabitant of the earth; a mortal.
• BAKSHEESHBAKSHISH
  Same as Backsheesh.
• Earthing
  of Earth
• Earthly
  Pertaining to the earth; belonging to this world, or to man's existence on the earth; not heavenly or spiritual; carnal; worldly; as, earthly joys; earthly flowers; earthly praise.
• 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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