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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. [bd]The fox is earthed.[b8] --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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