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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Dēarth, n.

noun

(dĕrth, 14), n. [See DEAR.]

  1. Scarcity which renders dear; as, dearth of corn.
  2. Want; famine. “The dearth is great.” Shak.
  3. Barrenness; sterility. “Dearth of plot, and narrowness of imagination.” Dryden.