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Earthy [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Consisting of earth; as earthy matter.

2. Resembling earth; as an earthy taste or smell.

4. Inhabiting the earth; terrestrial; as earthy spirits.

5. Relating to earth; as an earthy sign.

6. Gross; not refined; as an earthy conceit.

7. earthy fracture, in mineralogy, is when the fracture of a mineral is rough, with minute elevations and depressions.

Earthy [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Consisting of, or resembling, earth; terrene; earthlike; as, earthy matter.

2. Of or pertaining to the earth or to, this world; earthly; terrestrial; carnal.

3. Gross; low; unrefined.

4. Without luster, or dull and roughish to the touch; as, an earthy fracture.