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ace of mortals, in distinction from the dwelling place of spirits. That law preserves the earth a sphere And guides the planets in their course. S. Rogers. In heaven, or earth, or under earth, in hell. Milton.

A variety of asbestus. See Amianthus.

See Earth light, under Earth.

A fungus of the genus Geoglossum.

A bag filled with earth, used commonly to raise or repair a parapet.

A bank or mound of earth.

The part of a plow, or other implement, that turns over the earth; the moldboard.

Born of the earth; terrigenous; springing originally from the earth; human. Some earthborn giant. Milton.

Low; grovelling; vulgar.

An earthquake. [Obs.]

A mythical monster of the early Anglo-Saxon literature; a dragon. W. Spalding.

Made of earth; made of burnt or baked clay, or other like substances; as, an earthen vessel or pipe.

Hard-hearted; sordid; gross. [Poetic] Lowell.

Vessels and other utensils, ornaments, or the like, made of baked clay. See Crockery, Pottery, Stoneware, and Porcelain.

A pronged fork for turning up the earth.

The quality or state of being earthy, or of containing earth; hence, grossness.

The sunlight reflected from the earth to the moon, by which we see faintly, when the moon is near the sun (either before or after new moon), that part of the moon's disk unillumined by direct sunlight, or "the old moon in the arms of the new."

The quality or state of being earthly; worldliness; grossness; perishableness.

An inhabitant of the earth; a mortal. Earthings oft her deemed a deity. Drummond.

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. This earthly load Of death, called life. Milton. Whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things. Phil. iii. 19.…