earthing
NounSynonyms:
grounding
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)
- fastening electrical equipment to earthSynonyms: groundingType of fastening, attachment
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“earthing” is listed under Earth.
Earth transitive verb [past tense & past participle Earthed; present participle & verbal noun Earthing.]
1. To hide, or cause to hide, in the earth; to chase into a burrow or den. “The fox is earthed.” John 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.— Edward Young
Why this in earthing up a carcass?— Robert Blair
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54