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单词 earth-tilling
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earth-tillingn.

Brit. /ˈəːθˌtɪlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈərθˌtɪlɪŋ/
Forms: see earth n.1 and tilling n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: earth n.1, tilling n.
Etymology: < earth n.1 + tilling n., after classical Latin agricultūra agriculture n. Compare earth-tilth n. Compare also earth-tilie n.
The activity or process of tilling or cultivating the soil, husbandry. Also figurative.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > [noun]
earth-tilthOE
earth-tillingOE
tilling?c1225
delving1377
laboura1393
land-tillingc1420
culturec1450
tilthing1495
labouring1523
manurea1547
manuring1550
digging1552
cultivation1553
tilth1565
manurance1572
agriculture1583
nithering1599
culturation1606
gainor1607
delvage1610
agricolation1623
gainage1625
cultivage1632
manurementa1639
groundwork1655
fieldwork1656
proscission1656
field labour1661
manuragea1670
subduing1776
management1799
subjugation1800
geopony1808
clodhopping1847
agriculturism1885
OE Ælfric Homily: Sermo de Die Iudicii (Hatton 115) in J. C. Pope Homilies of Ælfric (1968) II. 597 Dei agricultura estis, Dei edificatio estis; ðæt is on Englisc, ge syndon Godes eorðteolung [OE Corpus Cambr. 178 Godes tilung] & Godes getimbrung.
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 370) (1850) 2 Chron. xxvi. 10 He was a man ȝeuen to erth tyllyinge [a1425 L.V. erthetilthe; L. agriculturae].
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Cor. iii. 9 Ȝe ben the erthe tilyinge [L. agricultura] of God.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 31 Þis kyng [sc. Azarias] louede wel erþe telynge [a1425 Harl. teliynge, 1482 Caxton tillyng].
a1500 ( W. Worcester Scrope's Dicts & Sayings Philosophers (Trin. Cambr.) (1999) 28 (MED) Ricches that comyth of the erth-tilynge.
1667 N. Fairfax Let. 5 Dec. in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1967) IV. 16 Ye answers set down ar very narrow,..as to their light & usefullnes in ye busines of earth-tilling.
1851 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 125/1 This..is a work that marks a revolution in the whole art of earth-tilling.
1861 Trans. Illinois State Agric. Soc. 1859–60 4 265 Earth-tilling is the great basis that supports every business and calling of life.
1931 Handbk. Netherlands & Overseas Territories (Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs) 318 The existing crude method of earth tilling and drainage.
2001 J. Chance Lord of Rings (rev. ed.) iv. 93 His vocation and class depend more on manual labor and earth-tilling than on the leisurely pursuit of scholarship and books.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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