Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Earthed"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Earth \Earth\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Earthed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Earthing}.]
1. To hide, or cause to hide, in the earth; to chase into a
burrow or den. ``The fox is earthed.'' --Dryden.
2. To cover with earth or mold; to inter; to bury; --
sometimes with up.
The miser earths his treasure, and the thief,
Watching the mole, half beggars him ere noon.
--Young.
Why this in earthing up a carcass? --R. Blair.
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