单词 | seed-furrow |
释义 | † seed-furrowv. Obsolete. transitive. To plough a seed furrow into (land). Usually in passive. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > sowing > sow seed [verb (transitive)] > make seed furrow seed-furrow1664 the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > planting > plant plants [verb (transitive)] > make drill or furrow rill1658 seed-furrow1664 1664 in J. R. N. Macphail Papers Sir William Fraser (1924) 158 Finding the same land..laborit and seid furrowit..and ane pairt..sawin. 1683 in C. S. Romanes Sel. Rec. Regality of Melrose (1917) III. 8 Seadfurrowine the samyne [rig] with his pleugh. 1724 Treat. Fallowing i. 13 You cannot imploy the dewy Mornings, and rainy Days of Harvest to better Purpose, than in sowing the Wheat, when your Ground has been Seed-furrowed in August. 1778 A. Wight Present State Husbandry in Scotl. II. 54 It is seed-furrowed in May. 1812 J. Sinclair Acct. Syst. Husb. Scotl. i. 217 Another ploughing must be given, previous to the application of manure, after which it ought to be seed furrowed, by the end of August. 1890 J. Macdonald Stephens' Bk. Farm (ed. 4) V. 47/2 The land remains in drill until it is seed-furrowed for wheat. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < v.1664 |
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