单词 | white soil |
释义 | > as lemmaswhite soil ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land raising crops > [adjective] > land for white crops white soila1722 a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 387 They [sc. thistles] issued out more freely and longer here than in the white soil. 1776 J. Marshall Travels 1770–1 IV. ii. 56 At a distance from the village..is a low swampy part; the soil a thin stratuuum [sic] of peat-earth on the white soil. 1794 D. Ure Gen. View Agric. Roxburgh 9 The soils under tillage, are commonly arranged into two kinds, namely, light and clayey. The former is called turnip, or green soil; and the latter, white soil, because it is best adapted for growing oats, wheat, and other white grains. < as lemmas |
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