Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for EARTH'Y
EARTH'Y, a.
- Consisting of earth; as, earthy matter.
- Resembling earth; as, an earthy taste or smell.
- Partaking of earth; terrene. Milton.
- Inhabiting the earth; terrestrial; as, earthy spirits. Dryden.
- Relating to earth; as, an earthy sign. Dryden.
- Gross; not refined; as, an earthy conceit. Shak.
- Earthy fracture, in mineralogy, is when the fracture of a mineral is rough, with minute elevations and depressions. Cleaveland.
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