spade-graftn.

Forms: Also Middle English -graf, 1500s -graffe, 1600s– spade's graft.

Etymology: < spade n.¹ + graft n.³

1. A spade's depth; a spit.

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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > [noun] > digging > digging to spade depth > spade's depth

spade-graft1252

spit1507

graff?1523

graft1620

spade1674

spit1677

spade-bit1790

α.

1252 Cart. de Rameseia (Rolls) I. 299 Unam perticam fossati..habentis profunditatem duorum spadegrafs.

?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxxix Dygge vp the moldes a spade graffe depe.

1671 J. Webster Metallographia iii. 45 They usually leave one depth of Spade-graft of that Earth.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 115/1 Delfe, or Spadegraft, [is] a digging into the Earth as deep as a spade can go at once.

1765 Museum Rusticum 3 11 He takes the earth..two spade-grafts deep.

1838 W. Howitt Rural Life Eng. II. ii. iv. 114 Every spadegraft of your cultivation annihilates the habitats..of animals, insects, and plants.

1891 J. C. Atkinson Forty Years Moorland Parish 214 Half a spade-graft of mould.

β. 1620 G. Markham Farewell to Husb. (1625) 41 Within a spades graft of the vpper swarth of the earth.1649 W. Blith Eng. Improver xxiv. 149 The depth may be two Spades graft or more.1660 R. Sharrock Hist. Propagation & Improvem. Veg. 95 Thou must goe half one spades graft deep.1792 Trans. Soc. Arts 10 139 We dug..one spade's graft (about nine inches deep, and seven inches wide) into the quick sand.1844 Proc. Soc. Antiq. 1 30 They were discovered in 1827 near Guisborough, at a depth of about a ‘spade's graft’ beneath the surface.

2. The handle of a spade. Obsolete.Evelyn is copied or followed by the Dict. Rusticum (1704), Mortimer Whole Art Husb. (1721) II. 27, etc.

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the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > spade > part of

spade-iron1356

spade-tree1411

shoec1450

spade-stale1649

spade-graft1664

tramp1844

1664 J. Evelyn Sylva v. 21 The Beech serves for various Uses of the House-wife;..likewise for the Wheeler,..for the Bellows-maker, and Husbandman his Shovel and Spade~graffs.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	spade-graft
释义	spade-graftn. Forms: Also Middle English -graf, 1500s -graffe, 1600s– spade's graft. Etymology: < spade n.¹ + graft n.³ 1. A spade's depth; a spit. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > [noun] > digging > digging to spade depth > spade's depth spade-graft1252 spit1507 graff?1523 graft1620 spade1674 spit1677 spade-bit1790 α. 1252 Cart. de Rameseia (Rolls) I. 299 Unam perticam fossati..habentis profunditatem duorum spadegrafs. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxxix Dygge vp the moldes a spade graffe depe. 1671 J. Webster Metallographia iii. 45 They usually leave one depth of Spade-graft of that Earth. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 115/1 Delfe, or Spadegraft, [is] a digging into the Earth as deep as a spade can go at once. 1765 Museum Rusticum 3 11 He takes the earth..two spade-grafts deep. 1838 W. Howitt Rural Life Eng. II. ii. iv. 114 Every spadegraft of your cultivation annihilates the habitats..of animals, insects, and plants. 1891 J. C. Atkinson Forty Years Moorland Parish 214 Half a spade-graft of mould. β. 1620 G. Markham Farewell to Husb. (1625) 41 Within a spades graft of the vpper swarth of the earth.1649 W. Blith Eng. Improver xxiv. 149 The depth may be two Spades graft or more.1660 R. Sharrock Hist. Propagation & Improvem. Veg. 95 Thou must goe half one spades graft deep.1792 Trans. Soc. Arts 10 139 We dug..one spade's graft (about nine inches deep, and seven inches wide) into the quick sand.1844 Proc. Soc. Antiq. 1 30 They were discovered in 1827 near Guisborough, at a depth of about a ‘spade's graft’ beneath the surface. 2. The handle of a spade. Obsolete.Evelyn is copied or followed by the Dict. Rusticum (1704), Mortimer Whole Art Husb. (1721) II. 27, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > spade > part of spade-iron1356 spade-tree1411 shoec1450 spade-stale1649 spade-graft1664 tramp1844 1664 J. Evelyn Sylva v. 21 The Beech serves for various Uses of the House-wife;..likewise for the Wheeler,..for the Bellows-maker, and Husbandman his Shovel and Spade~graffs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1252
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