Be sure not to break the earth-ball when setting the seedling into the planting hole.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 7] Reference

The upper part of the earth-ball should be level or slightly deeper than the edge of the hole.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 7] Reference

Ladies did not disdain those pagan ironed times of the firs; city (called after the ugliest Danadune) when a frond was a friend inneed to carry, as earwigs do their dead, their soil to the earth-ball where indeeth we shall calm decline, our legacy unknown.    From Wordnik.com.  [Finnegans Wake] Reference

Last week, Pierce drove down to Pryor, Okla., to pick up decorations for the show, including a 7-foot glowing earth-ball which will serve as the show's centerpiece, hanging from the ceiling like a chandelier.    From Wordnik.com.  [LJWorld.com stories: News] Reference

What a glorious liberty this earth-ball enjoys!.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Parables of Our Lord] Reference