Earth-tilth

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Cultivation of the ground; farming; agriculture. archaic, dialectal, rare, uncountable

    "Dumb-founded Nature You will crown the chorale of our hearts The day you rise - Who give us weight, earth-tilth And tincture - God will fill the opening Of your eyes."

Example

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"Dumb-founded Nature You will crown the chorale of our hearts The day you rise - Who give us weight, earth-tilth And tincture - God will fill the opening Of your eyes."

Etymology

From Middle English erthe-tilthe, equivalent to earth + tilth.

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