EARTHING • FREE TRANSLATOR.ORG • Definition of Earthing

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Earth v. t. (past & past part. earthed; pres. part. earthing)

To hide, or cause to hide, in the earth; to chase into a burrow or den. "The fox is earthed."

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." "Why this in earthing up a carcass?"

Earth v. i. To burrow.

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Etymology of 'Earthing'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Earthing" Quotes from Famous Books

... operation. They emit a good deal of moisture, and lose the natural bitterness and acrimony of their taste by this process, as well as some of their weight. Instead of wooden tubs, pits or trenches dug in the ground are sometimes had recourse to for curing the beans; an operation called earthing. They are, lastly, exposed to the sun and dried. According to Lampadius, the kernels of the West India cacao beans contain in 100 parts, besides water, 53.1 of fat or oil, 16.7 of an albuminous brown matter, which contains all the aroma of ...

— The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom • P. L. Simmonds