Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
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The trespasser had earthed itself, and Mr. Dan came slowly back again.
From Verner's Pride by Mrs. Henry Wood
And that mention of the Medic brought them back to the problem which had earthed them.
From Plague Ship by Andre Norton
The men had earthed it that morning, it was only a narrow strip, but it would have been against the strictest rules to have excavated more without informing the "Effendi."
From There was a King in Egypt by Norma Lorimer
The Queen had earthed with her distress lights on and no one had remembered to snap them off.
From Plague Ship by Andre Norton
