Emily Dickinson Lexicon

EARTH'Y, a.

1. Consisting of earth; as, earthy matter.
2. Resembling earth; as, an earthy taste or smell.
3. Partaking of earth; terrene. Milton.
4. Inhabiting the earth; terrestrial; as, earthy spirits. Dryden.
5. Relating to earth; as, an earthy sign. Dryden.
6. Gross; not refined; as, an earthy conceit. Shak.
7. Earthy fracture, in mineralogy, is when the fracture of a mineral is rough, with minute elevations and depressions. Cleaveland.