| 单词 | to feed bare |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto feed bare a. To cause to be eaten by cattle; to use (land) as pasture. Often with adjective complement or adverb, as to feed bare, to feed close, to feed down, to feed off. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > management of pasture > use as pasture [verb (transitive)] pasture1434 agista1450 graze1603 impasture1649 feeda1652 summer eat1727 stock1794 a1652 R. Weston in S. Hartlib Legacy (1655) 242 You may then feed the ground with Cattel, all the Winter as you do other ground. a1652 R. Weston in S. Hartlib Legacy (1655) 243 As it springs again, feed it with Cattel. 1655 S. Hartlib Legacy (ed. 3) 139 It is very easie, by mowing or feeding it [sc. corn] down with Cattel, to prevent it. 1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) 23 As soon as you have fed it bare, then is it best to over-flow. 1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) 28 The best Husbandry is to graze it, or feed it [grass] in Racks. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 29 Take care to feed it [the grass] close before the Winter. 1807 R. Parkinson Experienced Farmer I. 409 If he cannot feed it [sc. Buck-wheat] off with some cattle. 1850 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 11 ii. 430 The crop being well grown, it only remains to feed it well off. < as lemmas |
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