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Definition of Earthwards
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Earthwards
Literary usage of Earthwards
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Papers of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University by Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology (1900)
"This was the seat of the life of the tree, which sent its trunk and crown
heavenwards and its roots and rootlets earthwards. The fact that the juice of the ..."
2. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1845)
"this polluting earth even with the soles of their feet, yet, when they do cast
a glance earthwards, see nothing so worthy of their attention as Christianity ..."
3. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations: A Comparative by Zelia Nuttall (1901)
"This was the seat of the life of the tree, which sent its trunk and crown
heavenwards and its roots and rootlets earthwards ..."
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