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tilth

N การ เพาะปลูก  kan-prow-pluk

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TILTH

n.That which is tilled; tillage ground. [Not in use. ] 1. The state of being tilled or prepared for a crop. We say, land is in good tilth, when it is manured, plowed, broken and mellowed for receiving the seed. We say also, ground is in bad tilth. When we say, land is in tilth, we mean in good condition for the seed; not in tilth, in a bad condition.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TILTH

Tilth, n. Etym: [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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

tilth

tilth |tilTH tɪlθ | noun cultivation of land; tillage. [ in sing. ] the condition of tilled soil, esp. in respect to suitability for sowing seeds: he could determine whether the soil was of the right tilth. prepared surface soil. ORIGIN Old English tilth, tilthe, from tilian (see till 3 ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

tilth

tilth |tɪlθ | noun [ mass noun ] cultivation of land; tillage. [ in sing. ] the condition of tilled soil, especially in respect to suitability for sowing seeds: he could determine whether the soil was of the right tilth. prepared surface soil. ORIGIN Old English tilth, tilthe, from tilian (see till 3 ).