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fertilizer|ˈfɜːtɪlaɪzə(r)|
[f. prec. + -er1.]
1. One who or that which fertilizes (land).
a1661Fuller Worthies, Kent ii. (1662) 57 Saint-foime, or Holy-hay..being found to be a great Fertilizer of Barren⁓ground. 1794Sullivan View Nat. I. 377 The agency of snow as a fertilizer. 1815W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. XXXVIII. 500 The torrent, now the fertilizer, now the ravager of districts. 1872Spurgeon Treas. Dav. Ps. lxv. 11 The march of Jehovah, the Fertiliser, may be traced by the abundance which he creates.
b. said esp. of manures.
1846J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) II. 61 Nitrate of potash..when employed as a fertilizer, is generally sown by hand.
attrib.1893Act 56 & 57 Vict. c. 56 (title) The Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act.
2. An agent of fertilization in plants.
1844Darwin in Life & Lett. (1887) II. 30 Flies are good fertilizers. 1880A. R. Wallace Isl. Life 473 Suitable fertilisers and other favourable conditions. |