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seed-time|ˈsiːdtaɪm|
Also 7 seeds-time.
[f. seed n. + time n.]
The season of sowing seed.
1400Langland's P. Pl. A. Prol. 21 (Univ. Coll. MS.) In seed tyme and in Sowynge. c1450Mirk's Festial 253/20 Bytwyx heruest and syde-tyme. 1570Satir. Poems Reform. xii. 59 In beir seid tyme ȝour burrow rudis ly fauch Cause of this murther laitly maid amang ȝow. 1611Bible Gen. viii. 22 While the earth remaineth, seed-time and haruest..shall not cease. 1647Fuller Good Th. in Worse T. 17, I saw in seed-time an Husbandman at Plow. 1767A. Ferguson Ess. Hist. Civ. Soc. ii. ii. (1793) 137 After they have shared the toils of the seed-time, they enjoy the fruits of the harvest in common. 1844H. Stephens Bk. Farm II. 484 Harrowing, an operation which is executed by an implement that will be particularly described when it comes to be spoken of in seed-time.
fig.1614R. Harris Samuel's Funerall (1618) 8 Now is the seeds-time, sowe apace, as yet you haue all aduantages from grace and nature. 1776Paine Com. Sense 60 Youth is the seed time of good habits. 1860Guthrie (title) Seed-Time and Harvest of Ragged Schools. |