单词 | tilling |
释义 | tillingn. a. The action of till v.1; work done upon land for raising crops; cultivation, tillage. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > [noun] earth-tilthOE earth-tillingOE tilling?c1225 delving1377 laboura1393 land-tillingc1420 culturec1450 tilthing1495 labouring1523 manurea1547 manuring1550 digging1552 cultivation1553 tilth1565 manurance1572 agriculture1583 nithering1599 culturation1606 gainor1607 delvage1610 agricolation1623 gainage1625 cultivage1632 manurementa1639 groundwork1655 fieldwork1656 proscission1656 field labour1661 manuragea1670 subduing1776 management1799 subjugation1800 geopony1808 clodhopping1847 agriculturism1885 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 218 Þe winȝeardes..þe mot Muche tilunge to to [sic] beore winberien. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xiv. 63 Fourty wynter folke lyued with-outen tulyinge. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 281 Konnynge of telienge [v.rr. tellynge, tillyng] of feeldes þey cleped Cereres. 1475 Bk. Noblesse (Roxb.) 70 In tilieng, ering, and labourage of his londis to bere corne and fruit. a1610 J. Healey tr. Theophrastus Characters (1636) 12 The well tilling and husbanding of the ground. 1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. i. 200 The stealers of Pleugh-graith..in the time of teiling..are to be punished to the death. 1710 London Gaz. No. 4703/2 A Bill..for encouraging the Tilling of Land with Bullocks. 1817 W. Selwyn Abridgem. Law Nisi Prius (ed. 4) II. 1206 Whether the land is of such a nature as to require an extraordinary expence in manuring or tilling. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > crop or crops > [noun] wastumc888 tiltha1100 estrea1300 madder-cropc1300 gainage1390 cropa1400 yieldingc1405 emblement1495 burden?1523 increase1535 field-ware1546 gather1555 esplees1598 husbandrya1616 glebe1660 warea1661 récolte1669 tilling1680 tillage1681 stuffa1687 growing1722 bearing1747 raccolta1748 the crops1789 plant1832 raising1857 cropping1861 1680 J. Goodyear Deposition 4 Oct., in Hereford Consistory Court Rec. (Herefordshire County Rec. Office: HD4/4/3) lf. 222 Wanting ropes in the time of Harvest to carry in his tilling with. Compounds attributive, as tilling land n. land fit for tilling, arable land. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [noun] > broken land > arable or ploughed land earthlandeOE falloweOE acreOE hide and gaine1347 furrowc1380 teamlanda1387 tilthc1460 arablec1475 tilling land1488 flat1513 plough-tilth1516 ploughland1530 tillage1543 plough-ground1551 teamware1567 ploughing ground1625 ploughing land1674 prairie-breaking1845 plough1859 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 89 But now wodes beþ i-hewe adoun and newe telynge lond i-made. 1488 Cal. Anc. Rec. Dublin (1889) 494 Parte of the tyllyng land. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2021). tillingadj. That tills or cultivates land. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > [adjective] > cultivating tillingc1380 manuring1635 delvinga1658 cultivating1695 c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 319 Þe first was an heerde, and þe toþer a tiliyng man. 1906 Daily Chron. 15 Sept. 3/1 Nor spurn my muse because it sings..Of tilling men who plough and reap. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.?c1225adj.c1380 |
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