Tillage
['tɪlɪdʒ]
Definition
(n.) The operation, practice, or art of tilling or preparing land for seed, and keeping the ground in a proper state for the growth of crops.
(n.) A place tilled or cultivated; cultivated land.
Checker: Rhonda
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Culture (of land), cultivation, husbandry, agriculture, farming, geoponics.
Typist: Paul
Examples
- To encourage tillage, by keeping up the price of corn, even in the most plentiful years, was the avowed end of the institution. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- But from the phases of the moon, as his tillage increased, man's attitude would go on to the greater cycle of the seasons. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- These, therefore, will be kept constantly in good condition, and fit for tillage. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- His primitive tillage strengthened his sense of the seasons. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But, without the bounty, it may be said the state of tillage would not have been the same. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- That in the actual state of tillage the bounty must necessarily have this tendency, will not, I apprehend, be disputed by any reasonable person. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In these circumstances, therefore, no more cattle can with profit be fed in the stable than what are necessary for tillage. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
Typed by Ann