To slice off the rough sod from uncultivated or fallow ground, with a beat-axe or breast-plough, in order to burn it, for the purpose at once of…
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| 释义 | the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > reclaim [verb (transitive)] > clear land > clear of turf (5) beat?1523 To slice off the rough sod from uncultivated or fallow ground, with a beat-axe or breast-plough, in order to burn it, for the purpose at once of… pare1530 transitive. To slice turf or other vegetation from (ground or land). to pare and burn: to cut away turf to a depth of two or three inches and burn… flaya1661 transferred (chiefly dialect) To pare or strip off thin slices of (turf). Also with off, up. vell1674 transitive. To strip (land) of turf by means of a skimming-plough. unturf1890 (un-, prefix2 affix 1b.) |
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