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▪ I. bush-harrow, n.|ˈbʊʃˌhærəʊ|
An agricultural implement for harrowing grass land or ‘bushing in’ seed, consisting of a heavy frame with bars in which bushes are interwoven underneath.
1770–4A. Hunter Georgical Ess. (1803) I. 372 We constantly employ a heavy bush-harrow to spread the dung. 1877Blackmore Erema I. ix. 101 As a bush-harrow jumps on the clods of the field.
▪ II. ˈbush-ˌharrow, v.
[from prec.]
trans. To use the bush-harrow upon (ground). Also absol.
1834Brit. Husb. I. 486 After the cattle are removed, the land is bush-harrowed and rolled. 1839H. Martineau Deerbrook II. xi. 211 A man beside his horse, bush-harrowing in a distant green field. 1862H. Kingsley Ravenshoe xxxii. 188 The meadows were all bush-harrowed, rolled, and laid up for hay.
Hence ˈbush-ˌharrowing vbl. n.
1834Brit. Husb. I. 481 The subsequent operation of cross bush-harrowing. 1866Rogers Agric. & Prices I. xxi. 540 The ordinary means by which our forefathers covered their seed was by bush-harrowing. |