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▪ I. mulch, n.|mʌlʃ|
Also 8–9 mulsh.
[Prob. subst. use of mulch a.]
Half-rotten straw; in Gardening, a mixture of wet straw, leaves, loose earth, etc., spread on the ground to protect the roots of newly planted trees, etc.
1657S. Purchas Pol. Flying-Ins. ix. 114 Then make a smoak of mulch and wet straw. 1674–91Ray S. & E.C. Words 107 Mulch; Straw half rotten. 1706London & Wise Retir'd Gard. I. ii. ii. 110 We put in a little short Mulsh upon the Root. 1763Mills Pract. Husb. IV. 367 Laying a little heap of haulm, straw, or any kind of mulch, round the stem of each vine. 1891T. Hardy Tess xvii, His boots were clogged with the mulch of the yard.
▪ II. † mulch, a. Obs.
In 5 molsh.
[ME. molsh, prob. related to melch; cf. Ger. dial. molsch soft, beginning to decay.]
Soft.
c1420Pallad. on Husb. ii. 120 Thy vynys soil be not to molsh [L. resolutum] or hard, But sumdel molsh.
▪ III. mulch, v.|mʌlʃ|
Also mulsh.
[f. mulch n.]
trans. To cover with mulch.
1802W. Forsyth Fruit Trees iii. (1824) 64 Mulch the border with some very rotten leaves, or dung. 1859R. Thompson Gard. Assist. 24 Mulch over the roots with stable manure. 1884Australasian 8 Nov. 875/1 The entire surface [was] mulched with straw. |