farmeringn.
/ˈfɑːmərɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈfɑrmərɪŋ/ regional.
The occupation of a farmer; the action or business of growing crops and raising livestock. Cf. farming n.2
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1745 Gen. Advertiser 4 Jan. A Bailiff, who understands Farmering and..Grazing perfectly well.
1777 J. Hanway Virtue in Humble Life (ed. 2) II. vii. 22/1 He carries on the farmering business; and by industry and care, is now in a thriving way.
1895 ‘G. Mortimer’ Tales Western Moors 204 I asked him if he would not 'a done better if he'd stuck to farmering.
1967 Brownfield (Texas) News 27 Aug. 1/2 Dick Brownfield continued to help the new town and county grow by..promoting farmering on this raw land.
2010 Drogheda Independent (Nexis) 8 Sept. Confidence in farmering seems to be returning with the increase in the price of milk and a stir in cattle prices.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
farmeringadj.
/ˈfɑːmərɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈfɑrmərɪŋ/ regional.
That is engaged in the occupation of a farmer; that grows crops and raises livestock.
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1753 ‘A Soldier’ Modest Def. of Army 49 The greatest Evil of all in this Project is, that the whole Weight and Burden of it falls upon the trading, farmering, and manufacturing Part of the Kingdom.
1883 C. Reade in Harper's Mag. June 96/1 A farmering man wants to have four eyes.
1915 Western Times (Exeter) 4 Nov. 3/3 The farmering class had come forward with unexampled generosity.
2018 @sam_mind_palace 8 Jan. in twitter.com (accessed 9 July 2019) Do you even know how farming works? The farmering community is screwed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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