EARTH'Y, a. Consisting of earth as earthy matter.
1. Resembling earth as an earthy taste or smell.
2. Partaking of earth terrene.
3. Inhabiting the earth terrestrial as earthy spirits.
4. Relating to earth as an earthy sign.
5. Gross not refined as an earthy conceit.
6. Earthy fracture, in mineralogy, is when the fracture of a mineral is rough, with minute elevations and depressions.
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