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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Terraqueous :: Terraqueous (a.) Consisting of land and water; as, the earth is a terraqueous globe..
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..
Earth :: Earth (n.) The solid materials which make up the globe, in distinction from the air or water; the dry land..
Uniformism :: Uniformism (n.) The doctrine of uniformity in the geological history of the earth; -- in part equivalent to uniformitarianism, but also used, more broadly, as opposed to catastrophism..
Age :: Age (n.) That part of the duration of a being or a thing which is between its beginning and any given time; as, what is the present age of a man, or of the earth?.
Mud :: Mud (n.) Earth and water mixed so as to be soft and adhesive.
Earthwork :: Earthwork (n.) An embankment or construction made of earth.
Paste :: Paste (n.) A soft composition, as of flour moistened with water or milk, or of earth moistened to the consistence of dough, as in making potter's ware..
Day :: Day (n.) The period of the earth's revolution on its axis. -- ordinarily divided into twenty-four hours. It is measured by the interval between two successive transits of a celestial body over the same meridian, and takes a specific name from that of the body. Thus, if this is the sun, the day (the interval between two successive transits of the sun's center over the same meridian) is called a solar day; if it is a star, a sidereal day; if it is the moon, a lunar day. See Civil day, Sidereal day
Angleworm :: Angleworm (n.) A earthworm of the genus Lumbricus, frequently used by anglers for bait. See Earthworm..
Geolatry :: Geolatry (n.) The worship of the earth.
Deferent :: Deferent (n.) An imaginary circle surrounding the earth, in whose periphery either the heavenly body or the center of the heavenly body's epicycle was supposed to be carried round..
Soil :: Soil (n.) The upper stratum of the earth; the mold, or that compound substance which furnishes nutriment to plants, or which is particularly adapted to support and nourish them..
Chaetopoda :: Chaetopoda (n. pl.) A very extensive order of Annelida, characterized by the presence of lateral setae, or spines, on most or all of the segments. They are divided into two principal groups: Oligochaeta, including the earthworms and allied forms, and Polychaeta, including most of the marine species..
Fumage :: Fumage (n.) Hearth money.
Inhume :: Inhume (v. t.) To deposit, as a dead body, in the earth; to bury; to inter..
Wimble :: Wimble (n.) An auger used for boring in earth.
Soft :: Soft (superl.) Easily yielding to pressure; easily impressed, molded, or cut; not firm in resisting; impressible; yielding; also, malleable; -- opposed to hard; as, a soft bed; a soft peach; soft earth; soft wood or metal..
Flay :: Flay (v. t.) To skin; to strip off the skin or surface of; as, to flay an ox; to flay the green earth..
Earthshock :: Earthshock (n.) An earthquake.
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