earthborn (erthborn)

1. Born of the earth; springing originally from the earth: as, the fabled earth - born giants. Creatures of other mould, earth - born perhaps, Not spirits. Milton , P. L., iv. 360. 2. Arising from or occasioned by earthly considerations. All earth - born cares are wrong. 3. Of low birth; meanly born. Earth - born Lycon shall ascend the throne. IMG:content-0159.png:[blocks in formation] which eats earth.-2. In ornith., specifically, Nyctibius grand is, the ibigau (which see). earthen (er'thn), a. [ Go, and tac the erthene litil wyn ve el of the crockere. Wyclif, Jer. xix. 1. A beggarly account of empty boxes, Green earthen pots, bladders, and musty seeds. Shak ., R. and J., v. 1. Do not grudge To pick out treasures from an earthen pot. Herbert. earthenware (èr'thn-war), n . Ve els or other objects of clay (whether alone or mixed with other mineral substances) baked or fired in a kiln, or more rarely sun-dried or otherwise prepared without firing. The term is often restricted to the coarser qualities, as distinguished from porcelain and stoneware and from terra - cotta . In this sense earthenware may be known from porcelain by its opacity, and from stoneware by its porosity, which latter quality may be recognized by touching a fracture with the tongue, when the tongue will adhere to the porous earthenware, but not to stoneware. Earthenware may be either unglazed, as bricks, ordinary flower-pots, etc., or enameled. See delf2 , Jaience, majolica. Earthenware is described as a soft, opaque material formed of an earthy mixture, refractory, or hard to fuse, in the kiln. Wheatley and Del a motte , Art Work in Earthenware, p. 1. earth-fall (erth'fal), n. [=OFries. irthfal, erth fel, erdfal = G. erdfall, a sinking of the earth, = Icel. jardhfall = Dan. jordfald = Sw.jordfall, an earth-fall.] Same as land - slide. earth-fast (erth'fast), a. [ Such earth fed minds That never tasted the true heaven of love. B. Jonson.