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Earthing

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. ``The fox is earthed.''
    --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.

Wiktionary
earthing

vb. (present participle of earth English)

WordNet
earthing

n. fastening electrical equipment to earth [syn: grounding]

Usage examples of "earthing".

And the engineers had never quite got the earthing right, so that the cabinets had a tendency to give off powerful electric shocks.