earthen
[ur-thuh n]
Origin of earthen
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Contemporary Examples of earthen
From deep within, looking up at the tropical sky is like staring through the dome of some kind of earthen cathedral.
The earthen ground floor was reserved for crop storage and the occasional chicken or other small animal.
Historical Examples of earthen
If the one be porcelain, and the other earthen ware, both are brittle!
Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. IIFrancis Augustus Cox
When it is thick and smooth, take it off, and pour it into an earthen pan.
Directions for Cookery, in its Various BranchesEliza Leslie
No, Margaret, you and I could not have turned him from our earthen roof.
The Rock of ChickamaugaJoseph A. Altsheler
I don't like earthen pots for them any way—the plants do better in wood or tin.
The Mayflower, January, 1905Various
To quiet him Desiree had to get him an earthen pan full of dish-water.
Abbe Mouret's TransgressionEmile Zola
earthen
- made of baked clayan earthen pot
- made of earth
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