earthen

comparative more earthen · superlative most earthen

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 […]

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   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, →DOI, page 4

2. especiallyMade 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, […]

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   But, leſt theſe Reaſons ſhould be eſteemed conjectural, I ſhall farther prove, and confirm my Opinion from Martinius, who, in the Place before quoted, ſpeaks in the following Manner: "It is not without Reaſon, that the City Gnihing [translating 宜興 /宜兴 (Yíxīng)] receives that Name, which, in their Language, ſignifies the Glory of the Earth; and which was beſtowed upon it, becauſe in it are made the earthen Veſſels, uſed in diluting, and drinking their Tea.

   1746, Simon Pauli, quoting Martinius, translated by Dr. James, A Treatise on Tobacco, Tea, Coffee, and Chocolate, London: T. Osborne, →OCLC, pages 149–150

3. archaicEarthly.

   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

present singular third person earthens · participle present earthening · participle past earthened · past earthened

1. transitiveto 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, N.R. Das, Tillage and Crop Production, 2nd Ed., page 104

2. transitiveto make earthly or earthlike

   It deadens,—or earthens—the spirit in both directions.

   1919, The Improvement Era, volume 23, page 191