2. A mean, sordid person; a niggard. Norris.

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.

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