Tillable
11tillable — adjective (of farmland) capable of being farmed productively • Syn: ↑arable, ↑cultivable, ↑cultivatable • Similar to: ↑productive • Derivationally related forms: ↑arability ( …
12terra wainabilis — Tillable land …
13Oxgang — Farm derived units of measurement: The rod is a historical unit of length equal to 5½ yards. It may have originated from the typical length of a mediaeval ox goad. The furlong (meaning furrow length) was the distance a team of oxen could plough… …
14Virgin Islands — a group of islands in the West Indies, E of Puerto Rico: comprises the Virgin Islands of the United States and the British Virgin Islands. Abbr.: V.I., VI * * * Virgin Islands Introduction Virgin Islands Background: During the 17th century, the… …
15arable — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. tillable, farmable; fertile. See agriculture. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. plowable, tillable, fertile. ANT.: barren, desolate, sterile …
16Earable — Ear a*ble, a. Arable; tillable. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] …
17Shelfy — Shelf y, a. 1. Abounding in shelves; full of dangerous shallows. A shelfy coast. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Full of strata of rock. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The tillable fields are in some places . . . so shelfy that the corn hath much ado to fasten… …
18Wainable — Wain a*ble, a. Capable of being plowed or cultivated; arable; tillable. [Obs.] Cowell. [1913 Webster] …
19till — I. preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English til; akin to Old Norse til to, till, Old English til good Date: before 12th century 1. chiefly Scottish to 2. (or til) (also til) until …
20Acre — The acre is a unit of area in a number of different systems, including the imperial and U.S. customary systems. The most commonly used acres today are the international acre and, in the United States, the survey acre. One international acre is… …
