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▪ I. ˈhand-hoe, n.
A hoe managed by the hands, as distinguished from a horse-hoe, etc.
1744–50W. Ellis Mod. Husb. IV. i. 7 A Man, with the common Hand-hough, may directly follow, and pull up the loose Mould to the Stalks. 1853Catal. Roy. Agric. Soc. Show Gloucester 111 A Hand Hoe for Corn and Turnips.
▪ II. hand-hoe, v. trans.
To hoe by hand. Hence ˈhand-hoeing vbl. n., ˈhand-hoer.
1733J. Tull Horse-hoeing Husb. x. 45 'Tis seldom that these Rolled Turneps can be Hand-Ho'd at the Critical time. 1744–50W. Ellis Mod. Husb. IV. i. 15 This Machine..will..fit the remaining Turneps for Hand-houghing. 1797A. Young Agric. Suffolk 52 Many..make it a rule to hand⁓hoe their broad-cast crops. 1846McCulloch Acc. Brit. Empire (1854) I. 89 They are..planted in drills, hand-hoed, and horse-hoed. 1895Economic Rev. Oct. 455 [This] necessitated a greater width of idle soil between each wheat⁓plant than that required by the Italian hand-hoer. |