Earthy, 1) consisting of earth: “lie in an e. pit,” R2 IV, 219. “this e. prison of their bones,” Tit. I, 99 (Ff earthly).
2) resembling earth, cold and lifeless as earth: “the e. and cold hand of death lies on my tongue,” H4A V, 4, 84. “his dead and e. image,” H6B III, 2, 147. “how pale she looks, and of an e. cold,” H8 IV, 2, 98. “the dead man's e. cheeks,” Tit. II, 3, 229 (Q2 Ff earthly).
3) gross, low: “to act her e. and abhorred commands,” Tp. I, 2, 273. “my e. gross conceit,” Err. III, 2, 34.
4) pertaining to the earth or to this world: “what e. name to interrogatories can task the free breath of a sacred king?” John III, 1, 147. “the e. author of my blood,” R2 I, 3, 69 (Qq earthly).
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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