earth return

British  

noun

1. the return path for an electrical circuit made by connections to earth at each end

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Example Sentences

The spring shall come, and leaves grow green again,   And vernal beauty to the earth return; Sunshine and flowers shall deck the hill and plane,   And birds awake with song to greet the morn.

From Lays from the West by Nicholl, M. A.

Sleep! toward the heavens If thy spirit has flown, Do not to earth return Without having obtained To bring thee up well For me the favour; This duty is all That is life to me!

From Basque Legends With an Essay on the Basque Language by Webster, Wentworth

In borrowed shapes to earth return; Thou, Common-wealth, a Patriot seem, Thou, Zeal, like true Religion burn, To gain the giddy crowd's esteem.—

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 by Scott, Walter, Sir

Bell, battery and push And earth return 160 77.

From Electric Bells and All About Them A Practical Book for Practical Men by Bottone, S. R.

Those who survive it, those who remain on earth, return to the world to wear an actor's countenance and to play an actor's part.

From A Woman of Thirty by Balzac, Honoré de