| 单词 | to pare and burn |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto pare and burn a. transitive. To slice turf or other vegetation from (ground or land). to pare and burn: to cut away turf to a depth of two or three inches and burn it, in order to use the ashes as manure. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > reclaim [verb (transitive)] > clear land > clear of turf beat?1523 pare1530 flaya1661 vell1674 unturf1890 the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > reclaim [verb (transitive)] > clear land > burn turf to pare and burn1530 stifle-burn1862 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 652/2 He hath pared his grounde, he loketh to have saffrone shortly. 1743 R. Maxwell Select. Trans. 17 The whole field may be fallowed, and plentifully limed; or else, which is better, pared and burnt; and a competent Quantity of Lime being added to the Ashes..it may be laid down with Grass-seeds. 1789 Trans. Soc. Arts 7 40 Seventeen acres were pared and burned in 1779. 1831 J. Morton Gloucestershire Hill-farm 14 in Farm-rep. When the saintfoin plants begin to fail, which is about the sixth year, the land is pared, and burned, and sown to turnips. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 392/1 The ground is to be pared and burnt, and unslacked [sic] lime must be added to the ashes. 1996 M. Cragoe Anglican Aristocracy ii. 38 The ground would be allowed to grow a little natural herbage, after which the sward would be pared and burnt in order to prepare the ground for a wheat crop. < as lemmas |
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