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Archaeologists have searched for traces of the colony, but more than a century of digging has turned up only the remains of a small workshop and an earthen fort that may have been built later.
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During the early evening of March 25, an earthen levee gave way.
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On Thursday, the Army Corps’ Jacksonville office said that $514.2 million is heading toward repair of the Herbert Hoover Dike, which is basically a 30-foot-high earthen structure that surrounds the lake.
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The Army Corps’ Jacksonville office said Thursday that $514.2 million is heading toward repair of the dike, which is basically a 30-foot-high earthen structure that surrounds the lake.
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After heavy rains, the Army Corps of Engineers released millions of gallons to relieve pressure on the lake's old earthen dam.
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The clambake tradition belongs mostly to New England, where Indian tribes dating back more than 2,000 years cooked seafood in large earthen pits lined with searing-hot rocks and covered with seaweed and sand.
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In 1964, civil rights workers Michael H. Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James E. Chaney were slain in Philadelphia, Miss.; their bodies were found in an earthen dam six weeks later.
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MudFest — inspired by a similar event in Ithaca, N.Y. — will feature earthen slides leading into a mud pit.
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First Known Use of earthen
13th century
EARTHEN Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of earthen for English Language Learners
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: made of earth or of baked clay
EARTHEN Defined for Kids
Definition of earthen for Students
: made of earth or of baked clay
- an earthen dam
- an earthen jar
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