What does earthen mean?
Earthen means Made of earth or mud..
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/ˈɝθən/ · adjective
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 […]
But transects have also been utilised in a large variety of arenas, including surveying the contents of Amerindian earthen mounds[.]
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, […]
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?
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.
It deadens,—or earthens—the spirit in both directions.
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Earthen means Made of earth or mud..
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1826, James Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans A hundred earthen dwellings stood on the margin of the lake […]
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