Earth"y (?), a.
1.
Consisting of, or resembling, earth; terrene; earthlike; as, earthy matter.
How pale she looks,
And of an earthy cold!
Shak.
All over earthy, like a piece of earth.
Tennyson.
2.
Of or pertaining to the earth or to, this world; earthly; terrestrial; carnal.
[R.] "Their
earthy charge."
Milton.
The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is from heaven. As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy.
1 Cor. xv. 47, 48 (Rev. Ver. )
Earthy spirits black and envious are.
Dryden.
3.
Gross; low; unrefined.
"Her
earthy and abhorred commands."
Shak.
4. Min.
Without luster, or dull and roughish to the touch; as, an earthy fracture.
© Webster 1913.