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tilth |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tilth \Tilth\, n. [AS. til?, fr tilian to till. See {Till} to cultivate.] 1. The state of being tilled, or prepared for a crop; culture; as land is good tilth. The tilth and rank fertility of its golden youth. --De Quincey. 2. That which is tilled; tillage ground. [R.] And so by tilth and grange . . . We gained the mother city. --Tennyson. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: tilth n 1: the state of aggregation of soil and its condition for supporting plant growth 2: land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops [syn: {cultivated land}, {tilled land}, {tillage}]
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