Definition of earthy

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Earthy (a.) Without luster, or dull and roughish to the touch; as, an earthy fracture..

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Gangue :: Gangue (n.) The mineral or earthy substance associated with metallic ore.
Wacky :: Wacky (n.) A soft, earthy, dark-colored rock or clay derived from the alteration of basalt..
Chalk :: Chalk (n.) A soft, earthy substance, of a white, grayish, or yellowish white color, consisting of calcium carbonate, and having the same composition as common limestone..
Hematite :: Hematite (n.) An important ore of iron, the sesquioxide, so called because of the red color of the powder. It occurs in splendent rhombohedral crystals, and in massive and earthy forms; -- the last called red ocher. Called also specular iron, oligist iron, rhombohedral iron ore, and bloodstone. See Brown hematite, under Brown..
Melaconite :: Melaconite (n.) An earthy black oxide of copper, arising from the decomposition of other ores..
Erythrite :: Erythrite (n.) A rose-red mineral, crystallized and earthy, a hydrous arseniate of cobalt, known also as cobalt bloom; -- called also erythrin or erythrine..
Ochre :: Ochre (n.) A metallic oxide occurring in earthy form; as, tungstic ocher or tungstite..
Earthy :: Earthy (a.) Gross; low; unrefined.
Smut :: Smut (v. t.) Bad, soft coal, containing much earthy matter, found in the immediate locality of faults..
Wormy :: Wormy (superl.) Like or pertaining to a worm; earthy; groveling.
Dust :: Dust (n.) The earthy remains of bodies once alive; the remains of the human body.
Terreous :: Terreous (a.) Consisting of earth; earthy; as, terreous substances; terreous particles..
Guhr :: Guhr (n.) A loose, earthy deposit from water, found in the cavities or clefts of rocks, mostly white, but sometimes red or yellow, from a mixture of clay or ocher..
Chthonic :: Chthonic (a.) Pertaining to the earth; earthy; as, chthonic religions..
Calcigerous :: Calcigerous (a.) Holding lime or other earthy salts; as, the calcigerous cells of the teeth..
Clod :: Clod (n.) That which is earthy and of little relative value, as the body of man in comparison with the soul..
Suigothus :: Suint (n.) A peculiar substance obtained from the wool of sheep, consisting largely of potash mixed with fatty and earthy matters. It is used as a source of potash and also for the manufacture of gas..
Horse :: Horse (n.) A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse -- said of a vein -- is to divide into branches for a distance..
Stone :: Stone (n.) Concreted earthy or mineral matter; also, any particular mass of such matter; as, a house built of stone; the boy threw a stone; pebbles are rounded stones..
Texture :: Texture (n.) The disposition of the several parts of any body in connection with each other, or the manner in which the constituent parts are united; structure; as, the texture of earthy substances or minerals; the texture of a plant or a bone; the texture of paper; a loose or compact texture..
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