单词 | ear-time |
释义 | > as lemmasear-time The action of ploughing; a spell of ploughing. Chiefly attributive, as ear-land, ear-time. Cf. earing n.1See also ear-grass n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > [noun] eartheOE earingOE ploughing1374 fallowing1426 labouragec1475 ardagh1483 eara1500 fallowa1500 arder1581 waining1585 stitch1600 caruage1610 furrow1610 till1647 aration1663 bouting1733 breast-ploughing1754 prairie-breaking1845 sodbusting1965 a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. ii. 17 (MED) At yere tyme I sew fayre corn. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. x. 48 Hee shall giue the second eare vnto those his grounds that are most barren. 1693 W. Robertson Phraseologia Generalis (new ed.) 516 Ear-land, arvum. 1708 W. Sewel Large Dict. Eng. & Dutch i. 161/2 Ear-land, zaai-land, bouw land. < as lemmas |
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