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单词 burn-beat
释义

burn-beatv.

Forms: Also burn-bait, burn-bate.
Etymology: < burn v.1 + beat n.3 or beat v.2: the latter part is inflected; present participle burnbeating past participle burnbeat.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈburn-beat.
transitive. To pare off and burn the rough turf or sod of moorland or fallow ground in order to improve it.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > reclaim [verb (transitive)] > clear land > burn land
burn-beat1669
Denshire1669
to burn off1843
stifle-burn1862
slash and burn1955
1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) 37 The best way..to improve and reduce these Lands into Tillage, is to Burn-Beat, or Denshire them.
1676 J. Worlidge Vinetum Britannicum 61 The Ground being turfie,..may be burn-beat in June or July.
1727 H. Boulter Lett. I. 221 The tenant shall not be able to burnbeat any ground in virtue of this act.

Derivatives

ˈburn-baited adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > [adjective] > cleared > with refuse burnt off
burn-baited1681
burn-beakeda1722
swidden1951
1681 J. Worlidge Kal. Rusticum Nov. Wheat may yet be sown..especially on burn-baited Land.
ˈburnbeating n.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > [noun] > clearing land > burning off refuse
burrow1602
denshiring1607
burning1669
burn-baking1769
burn1792
burning off1800
burnbeating1808
stifle-burning1844
burn-off1861
bush burn1861
bush-burning1898
slash-burning1919
1808 J. Walker Econ. Hist. Hebrides I. 176 The practice of..Burnbaiting, or sod burning.
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