glebousadj.
/ˈɡliːbəs/ rare.
Clod-like, earthy; abounding in clods.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > soil qualities > [adjective] > lumpy
clotty?1523
cloddy1545
clottery1567
surly1609
crust-clung1610
glebous1671
soil-bound1688
1671 J. Webster Metallographia xiii. 216 White silver Ore that was glebous, or cloddy, found at Sneberg.
1721–90 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Glebous, full of Clods, Cloddy.
1822 T. Taylor tr. Apuleius Metamorphosis 2 The dewy turf and the glebous plains.
1822 T. Taylor tr. Apuleius Metamorphosis 300 Flame-coloured animals are generated in fire..and such as are glebous [L. glebulenta] in earth.
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