(mineralogy) An earth of a deep brown colour, containing more vegetable than mineral matter; an earthy variety of lignite, or brown coal.

An earthen floor, a floor (in a building) which is simply the ground itself, rather than some covering such as wood or vinyl.

plural of earth-floor

plural of earth floor

Synonym of terra-japonica (Uncaria gambir)

Synonym of promise the moon

(idiomatic, transitive) To find someone or something after a long and difficult search.

(hunting) the act of blocking a fox's earth (burrow) while it is absent, so it is forced to stay above ground.

A hypothetical planet sharing an orbit with the earth, but on the opposite side of the sun.

(now dialect, rare) Synonym of fuller's earth.