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Definition of Thoroughs
1. thorough [n] - See also: thorough
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thoroughs
Literary usage of Thoroughs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Modern Husbandman, Or, The Practice of Farming by William Ellis (1744)
"... the Seed in four Thoroughs, out of his Hand. ... it may oblige the Farmer to
give out before the drawn out Thoroughs can be ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1880)
"... but running up four thoroughs close together with the plough; is best done
off wheat-stubble stitches in the winter, to sweeten for peas or other grain: ..."
3. Reprinted Glossaries by Walter William Skeat (1879)
"... but running up four thoroughs close together with tho plough ; is best done
off wheat-stubble stitches in the winter, to sweeten for peas or other grain ..."
4. The Timber-tree Improved, Or, The Best Practical Methods of Improving by William Ellis (1744)
"... Thoroughs immediately before the ... Thoroughs to envellope and cover moft of
them, by Means of the harrow Tynes, info much, ..."
5. Old Country and Farming Words: Gleaned from Agricultural Books by James Britten (1880)
"... but running up four thoroughs close together with the plough; is best done
off wheat-stubble stitches in the winter, to sweeten for peas or other grain: ..."
6. Glossary of Words in Use in Cornwall by Margaret Ann Courtney, Thomas Quiller Couch (1880)
"... but running up four thoroughs close together with the plough; ... or other
grain: or broad lands may bo ploughed into four thoroughs; a good method. ..."
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