1. earthen - Adjective
2. earthen - Verb
Made of earth; made of burnt or baked clay, or other like substances; as, an earthen vessel or pipe.
Source: Webster's dictionaryCraftsmanship isn't like water in an earthen pot, to be taken out by the dipperful until it's empty. No, the more drawn out the more remains. Lloyd Alexander
Man has been likened to an earthen pot.... You have but to tap the pot with your finger. If it rings back full and true, all is well; there is your perfect pot. And if not-man, alas, has been likened to a broken potsherd. Isaac Leib Peretz
I hate the ugly, hate the old, I hate the lame and weak, But more than all I hate the dead That lie so still in their earthen bed And never dare to rise. Enoch Powell
The earthen pan gains nothing by contact with the copper pot. Danish Proverb
Were the sky to fall, not an earthen pot would be left whole. Dutch Proverb
The earthen pot must keep clear of the brass kettle. Romanian Proverb