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tilling |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Till \Till\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tilled}; p. pr & vb n. {Tilling}.] [OE. tilen, tilien, AS tilian, teolian, to aim strive for till; akin to OS tilian to get D. telen to propagate, G. zielen to aim ziel an end object, and perhaps also to E. tide, time, from the idea of something fixed or definite. Cf {Teal}, {Till}, prep..] 1. To plow and prepare for seed, and to sow, dress, raise crops from etc., to cultivate; as to till the earth, a field, a farm. No field nolde [would not] tilye. --P. Plowman. the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken --Gen. iii. 23. 2. To prepare; to get [Obs.] --W. Browne. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: tilling n : cultivation of the land in order to raise crops
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