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单词 tilth
释义 tilth
\ˈtilth also -ltth\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from tilian to till + -th — more at till
1.
 a. : the act, work, or occupation of tilling : cultivation of the soil : tillage
  < the tilth of the land >
 b. : mental or spiritual cultivation
  < children without the tilth of kindness — Francis Hackett >
2. : cultivated land as distinguished from pasture, woodland, and waste land : plowland
 < gradual extension of tilth drove the woods farther up the hills — Benjamin Farrington >
3. : the state of being tilled : condition when tilled
 < land in good tilth >
4.
 a. : surface soil as prepared for sowing or planting : the depth of friable earth
  < have never known the plow furrows break down so readily to a nice tilthCountry Life >
 b. : the state of aggregation of a soil
  < a fine tilth is desirable — New Zealand Journal of Agric. >
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