| Fallow (fallow) |
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| a. | (?) |
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| Fal"low |
[AS. fealu,
fealo, pale yellow or red; akin to D. vaal fallow,
faded, OHG. falo, G. falb, fahl, Icel.
fölr, and prob. to Lith. palvas, OSlav.
plav white, L. pal |
Pale red or pale yellow; as, a fallow
deer or greyhound.
Left untilled or unsowed after plowing; uncultivated; as,
fallow ground.
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Plowed land.
Land that has lain a year or more untilled
or unseeded; land plowed without being sowed for the
season.
The plowing or tilling of land, without
sowing it for a season; as, summer fallow, properly conducted,
has ever been found a sure method of destroying weeds.
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| Fallow (fallow) |
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| v. t. | (?) |
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| Fal"low |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Fallowed (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Fallowing.] [From Fallow, n.] |
To
plow, harrow, and break up, as land, without seeding, for the purpose
of destroying weeds and insects, and rendering it mellow] as, it is
profitable to fallow cold, strong, clayey land.
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