单词 | swarding |
释义 | swardingn.ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > [noun] > squaring squaringc1440 swardingc1480 quaring1611 c1480 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 157 Carpentariis operantibus per iiij dies in lez Swardyng meremii apud Shynklyfy bankez. 1532–3 in J. Raine Durham Househ. Bk. (1844) 231 For fellyng of 19 treys, 6s. 4d. For toppynge and swayrdynge off te sayme, 19s. 2. The action of forming a sward; the process of covering, or becoming covered, with grassy turf. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [noun] > grassland > creation of swarding1610 1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia ii. i. 48 The soile is so apte to fast-matting and swoording. 1649 W. Blith Eng. Improver vi. 35 The thinner is thy Corne,..the more Grasse will grow among, which will help thee more in the Soarding of it. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) I. 33 The Clays that are long in swerding. a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 247 The broad~clover would, when it decayed, prevent the ground from swording to natural grass. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1480 |
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