Definition of earth

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Earth (n.) Any earthy-looking metallic oxide, as alumina, glucina, zirconia, yttria, and thoria..

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Fining :: Fining (n.) The process of fining or refining; clarification; also (Metal.), the conversion of cast iron into suitable for puddling, in a hearth or charcoal fire..
Bury :: Bury (v. t.) To cover out of sight, either by heaping something over, or by placing within something, as earth, etc.; to conceal by covering; to hide; as, to bury coals in ashes; to bury the face in the hands..
Dear :: Dear (superl.) Marked by scarcity or dearth, and exorbitance of price; as, a dear year..
Shovel :: Shovel (v. t.) An implement consisting of a broad scoop, or more or less hollow blade, with a handle, used for lifting and throwing earth, coal, grain, or other loose substances..
Height :: Height (n.) The distance to which anything rises above its foot, above that on which in stands, above the earth, or above the level of the sea; altitude; the measure upward from a surface, as the floor or the ground, of animal, especially of a man; stature..
Reredos :: Reredos (n.) The open hearth, upon which fires were lighted, immediately under the louver, in the center of ancient halls..
Below :: Below (adv.) On the earth, as opposed to the heavens..
Jarnut :: Jarnut (n.) An earthnut.
Gangue :: Gangue (n.) The mineral or earthy substance associated with metallic ore.
Earthly :: Earthly (a.) 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..
Ruddle :: Ruddle (n.) A species of red earth colored by iron sesquioxide; red ocher.
Warm :: Warm (v. i.) To become warm, or moderately heated; as, the earth soon warms in a clear day summer..
Burrow :: Burrow (v. i.) To excavate a hole to lodge in, as in the earth; to lodge in a hole excavated in the earth, as conies or rabbits..
Understratum :: Understratum (n.) The layer, or stratum, of earth on which the mold, or soil, rests; subsoil..
Isotherm :: Isotherm (n.) A line connecting or marking points on the earth's surface having the same temperature. This may be the temperature for a given time of observation, or the mean temperature for a year or other period. Also, a similar line based on the distribution of temperature in the ocean..
Inequality :: Inequality (n.) Unevenness; want of levelness; the alternate rising and falling of a surface; as, the inequalities of the surface of the earth, or of a marble slab, etc..
Pissasphalt :: Pissasphalt (n.) Earth pitch; a soft, black bitumen of the consistence of tar, and of a strong smell. It is inflammable, and intermediate between petroleum and asphalt..
Earthboard :: Earthboard (n.) The part of a plow, or other implement, that turns over the earth; the moldboard..
Rickets :: Rickets (n. pl.) A disease which affects children, and which is characterized by a bulky head, crooked spine and limbs, depressed ribs, enlarged and spongy articular epiphyses, tumid abdomen, and short stature, together with clear and often premature mental faculties. The essential cause of the disease appears to be the nondeposition of earthy salts in the osteoid tissues. Children afflicted with this malady stand and walk unsteadily. Called also rachitis..
Potter :: Potter (n.) One who hawks crockery or earthenware.
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