earth current (erthkurent)

See current. earth-dint (érth'din), n. [ME. erthedine, erthedi -dyn, -dene, Pestilences and hungers sal be, And erthedyns in many contre. rotation in a magnetic field, and connected with a galvanometer by means of which the induced current of electricity can be measured. It is used for measuring the strength of magnetic fields as compared with that of the earth. ear you r (er'thi-nes), n. 1. The quality of being earthy, or of containing earth. [He] freed rain-water... from its accidental, and as it were feculent ear you r . Boyle, Works, III. 103. Upon your grannam's grave, that very night We earthed her in the shades. Here silver swans with nightingales set spells, Which sweetly charm the traveller, and raise Earth's earthed monarchs from hidden cells. He sacrifices his own life in destroying a frightful earth- drake, or dragon. W. Spalding . chrradstreet, earth-eater (erth'ē"ter), n. 1. One who or that IMG:content-0157.png:[blocks in formation] O thou, the fountain of whose better part Is earth'd and gravel'd up with vain desire. Quarles, Emblems, i. 7. Earth up with fresh mould the roots of those auriculas which the frost may have uncovered. Evelyn, Calendarium Hortense. 4. In elect ., to put to earth; place in connection with the earth. In dry weather they [conductors) are not earthed at all well, and a strong charge may then surge up and down them, and light somebody else's gas in the most surprising way. Science, XII. 18. II. in trans. To retire underground; burrow, as a hunted animal. Huntsmen tell us that a fox when escaped from the dogs, after a hard chase, always walks himself cool before he Bp. Horne, E ays and Thoughts. earths. Hence foxes earthed , and wolves abhorred the day, And hungry churles ensnared the nightly prey. Tickell , Hunting.