Definition of earth

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Earth (n.) A hole in the ground, where an animal hides himself; as, the earth of a fox..

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Litharge :: Litharge (n.) Lead monoxide; a yellowish red substance, obtained as an amorphous powder, or crystallized in fine scales, by heating lead moderately in a current of air or by calcining lead nitrate or carbonate. It is used in making flint glass, in glazing earthenware, in making red lead minium, etc. Called also massicot..
Anneal :: Anneal (v. t.) To heat, as glass, tiles, or earthenware, in order to fix the colors laid on them..
Terraqueous :: Terraqueous (a.) Consisting of land and water; as, the earth is a terraqueous globe..
Uran-ochre :: Uran-ochre (n.) A yellow, earthy incrustation, consisting essentially of the oxide of uranium, but more or less impure..
Trowel :: Trowel (n.) A gardener's tool, somewhat like a scoop, used in taking up plants, stirring the earth, etc..
Jupiter :: "Jupiter (n.) One of the planets, being the brightest except Venus, and the largest of them all, its mean diameter being about 85,000 miles. It revolves about the sun in 4,332.6 days, at a mean distance of 5.2028 from the sun, the earth's mean distance being taken as unity..
Dirt :: Dirt (n.) In placer mining, earth, gravel, etc., before washing..
Eruption :: Eruption (n.) The act of breaking out or bursting forth; as: (a) A violent throwing out of flames, lava, etc., as from a volcano of a fissure in the earth's crust. (b) A sudden and overwhelming hostile movement of armed men from one country to another. Milton. (c) A violent commotion..
Level :: Level (a.) Even; flat; having no part higher than another; having, or conforming to, the curvature which belongs to the undisturbed liquid parts of the earth's surface; as, a level field; level ground; the level surface of a pond or lake..
Earthen :: Earthen (a.) Made of earth; made of burnt or baked clay, or other like substances; as, an earthen vessel or pipe..
Lick :: Lick (v.) A place where salt is found on the surface of the earth, to which wild animals resort to lick it up; -- often, but not always, near salt springs..
Inter :: Inter (v. t.) To deposit and cover in the earth; to bury; to inhume; as, to inter a dead body..
Weight :: Weight (v. t.) The quantity of heaviness; comparative tendency to the center of the earth; the quantity of matter as estimated by the balance, or expressed numerically with reference to some standard unit; as, a mass of stone having the weight of five hundred pounds..
Mine :: Mine (v. i.) To dig a mine or pit in the earth; to get ore, metals, coal, or precious stones, out of the earth; to dig in the earth for minerals; to dig a passage or cavity under anything in order to overthrow it by explosives or otherwise..
Cologne Earth :: Cologne earth () An earth of a deep brown color, containing more vegetable than mineral matter; an earthy variety of lignite, or brown coal..
Geocentrical :: Geocentrical (a.) Having reference to the center of the earth.
Gravity :: Gravity (a.) The tendency of a mass of matter toward a center of attraction; esp., the tendency of a body toward the center of the earth; terrestrial gravitation..
Saline :: Saline (a.) A salt spring; a place where salt water is collected in the earth.
Stuff :: Stufa (n.) A jet of steam issuing from a fissure in the earth.
Ground :: Ground (n.) A floor or pavement supposed to rest upon the earth.
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