单词 | tathe |
释义 | tathetathv. Scottish and dialect. 1. transitive. To manure (land) by turning sheep or cattle upon it (usually said of the cattle); also, by extension, by flooding it. Cf. water-tathe vb. at water n. Compounds 7. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > fertilizing or manuring > fertilize or manure [verb (transitive)] > dung > by putting animals on land tathec1440 fold1671 sheep1808 fold-tread1854 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 487/2 Tayin [v.r. tathyn] londe wythe schepys donge,..rudero,..stercoro. 1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 57 As if I lend to one my Sheepe, to tathe his land. 1743 Sel. Trans. Soc. Improvers Knowl. Agric. Scotl. 38 It has..been in Pasture these twelve Years... It is well tathed. 1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 64 The out~fields lying farthest from the townships, were taithed or dunged by confining the cattle in folds, over night, during summer and autumn, upon that particular portion..which was to be ploughed next spring. 1843 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 4 i. 122 Teathing the barley-stubble which is intended for turnips will cause the anbury. 2. intransitive. Of cattle, etc.: To drop dung upon land so as to manure it. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > fertilizing or manuring > [verb (intransitive)] > of animals: to manure tathe1743 1743 Sel. Trans. Soc. Improvers Knowl. Agric. Scotl. 123 The Dung of Horses is not proper for sandy Grounds, being too hot, as may be observed from the Grounds they tathe upon in Summer. Derivatives ˈtathing n. (also concrete). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > fertilizing or manuring > [noun] > dunging dungingOE tathingc1440 muckingc1450 stercoration1605 soiling1607 muck-spreading1863 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 487/2 Taynge [v.r. tathing] of lond, ruderacio. 1529 Anc. Deed A. 13557 (P.R.O.) To fynd the tenauntz..tathyng to ther londes. 1792 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. II. 404 A priest..who had a right to every seventh acre of Ladifron, and to the tathing (dung as left on the ground) every seventh night. 1793 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. VI. 268. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2020). > see alsoalso refers to : tathtathen. < v.c1440 see also |
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