Earthen

Word EARTHEN
Character 7
Hyphenation earth en
Pronunciations /ˈɜː(ɹ)θən/

Definitions and meanings of "Earthen"

What do we mean by earthen?

Made of earth or clay. adjective

Earthly; worldly. adjective

Made of earth; made of clay or other earthy substance: as, an earthen vessel.

Made of earth; made of burnt or baked clay, or other like substances. adjective

Made of earth or mud. adjective

Made of clay (especially said of pottery). adjective

Made of earth (or baked clay) adjective

Made of earth or mud.

Made of clay (especially said of pottery).

Earthly.

One who is constantly preoccupied in the quest to *flails hands in raver-like motion*... "FIND HERSELF." An earthen mother's hair often resembles a nest of rhododendrons. They often wear... BURLAP. They have a sickening amount of respect for the environment and often protest to such things as radioactive waste dumps in... YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK. Their arms are covered in serpentine bangles. The snare drum is their closest companion in life. It doesn't judge them. Overall, they tend to resemble a trumpet. If named Kara, it must be pronounced "KAHHH-RA". Using microwaves is punishable by death. Meditation among the butterflies is a required practice. SNAGGLETOOTH. Urban Dictionary

The politically correct way to say, unmarked shallow grave. Urban Dictionary

After a heavy night of partying it is possible to temporarily lose control of your fecal tract leaving soil in your undergarments. Urban Dictionary

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The word "earthen" in example sentences

It was not only because we had just passed through our seven lean years, cooking in earthen vessels, eating black bread on holidays and wearing cotton; it was chiefly because these wooden chairs and tin pans were American chairs and pans that they shone glorious in our eyes. ❋ Unknown (1912)

There he sat down to rest a while by a well, where the women were drawing water in earthen pitchers. ❋ Unknown (1894)

They put this water in earthen jars to cool, in order to render it fit for drinking, but it never becomes fresh and cold. ❋ Frances Erskine Inglis (1843)

Here seems to be an allusion to the lamps which Gideon's soldiers carried in earthen pitchers, Jud. vii. ❋ Unknown (1721)

The word of the gospel is preached by men like ourselves, men of like passions and infirmities with others: We have this treasure in earthen vessels. ❋ Unknown (1721)

The blessing of the gospel is the treasure which we have in earthen vessels. ❋ Unknown (1721)

God has wisely deposited the treasure in earthen vessels like ourselves, 2 Cor. iv. ❋ Unknown (1721)

Though God had here a splendid retinue of holy angles about his throne, who were ready to go on his errands, yet he passes them all by, and pitches on Ezekiel, a son of man, to be his messenger to the house of Israel; for we have this treasure in earthen vessels, and God's messages sent us by men like ourselves, whose terror shall not make us afraid nor their hand be heavy upon us. ❋ Unknown (1721)

7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. ❋ Unknown (1721)

In the room adjoining the kitchen the milk was cared for, as there were eleven milk-pans, an "earthen" pan and three "earthen" butter-pots. ❋ Annie Lash Jester (N/A)

They bring to the place of sacrifice some _pitarrillas_ (a kind of earthen jar) full of rice-wine, besides a live hog and a quantity of prepared food. ❋ Various (1906)

They make a rude kind of earthen and wooden vessels, and bake the former in the sun. ❋ Unknown (1896)

For he used the term "earthen" in allusion to the frailty [613] of our mortal nature, and to declare the weakness of our flesh. ❋ Editor (1889)

And what is substantially limited cannot be said to be free from temporal and spatial limitation; for observation shows that it is just those things which differ in nature from other things and thus are substantially limited -- such as earthen vessels, and so on -- which are also limited in point of space and time. ❋ George Thibaut (1881)

He will keep your house clean, and even perform some personal services, for he has a liberal mind, and is there not also a toolsee plant in a pot on a kind of earthen altar in front of his hut, before which he performs purificatory ceremonies every morning? ❋ Edward Hamilton Aitken (1880)

They make a kind of earthen ware and in large crocks of this they boil their beans corn pumpkins &c. ❋ Unknown (1826)

The [earthen mother's] grotesque pork-like head touched me and I smelled of brine and beef liver for three days. I saw a special on [the Good Samaritan] Network where a stay-at-home dad was [crotch-handled] by an earthen mother for using the toaster. ❋ Ying Yang (2006)

She [told] me, she preferred to use [the term] "[earthen tent]" ❋ Angry Red Planet (2021)

Dude, [you out] [all night] cause [I see you] got earthen shorts again. ❋ Polish Roadapple (2021)

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