earthen

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɝθən/ / /ˈɜː(ɹ)θən/ / /ˈɜː(ɹ)ðən/

adj

Etymology: From Middle English erthen, urthen, from Old English eorþen, yrþen, ierþen (“made of earth”), from Proto-Germanic *irþīnaz. Cognate with Dutch aarden (“earthen”), German irden (“earthen”). By surface analysis, earth + -en (“made of”).

Made of earth or mud.
“1826, James Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans A hundred earthen dwellings stood on the margin of the lake […]”
“But transects have also been utilised in a large variety of arenas, including surveying the contents of Amerindian earthen mounds[.]”
Made of clay.
“1589, Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation ... the Godfathers and Godmothers follow into the midst of the Church, where there is a small table ready set, and on it an earthen pot ful of warme water, […]”
Earthly.
“Will they be yours when one by one these earthen / Delights and comforts and all beauties wane? / Will they be found laid up above, illumined?”

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁er-der. Proto-Germanic *erþō Proto-West Germanic *erþu Old English eorþe Middle English erthe English earth English -en English earthen From earth + -en (“to make like”).

to provide or add soil to
“Their inter-tillage operations, earthening-up of some crops and tillage in orchard/gardens or plantation crops, are stated below, under special cropping system in different situations.”
to make earthly or earthlike
“It deadens,—or earthens—the spirit in both directions.”