2. Adjective. Of land, ploughed but left unseeded. ¹
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Definition of Fallowed
1. fallow [v] - See also: fallow
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fallowed
Literary usage of Fallowed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dictionary of English History edited by Sidney Low, Frederick Sanders Pulling (1896)
"... however, plundered of their wealth during the anarchy which preceded the Norman
invasion, and the struggles that fallowed that event destroyed the oía ..."
2. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1916)
"... together with the value of the land for a crop for the season it would have
to be summer-fallowed. N'ar- gang v. Kirby (1911) 4 Sask. LR 306. ..."
3. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"Pr. P. INNOCENT, adj. Silly ; ignorant. INNOM-BARLEY, ». Barley sown (2) adj.
Enclosing. Small. the second crop after the ground is fallowed. North. ..."
4. The Principles of Agriculture by Albrecht Daniel Thaer (1844)
"... exhausted, become exceedingly fertile after having been carefully fallowed,
even though they have not received any additional supply of manure. ..."
5. Mackenzie's Five Thousand Receipts: In All the Useful and Domestic Arts by Colin MacKenzie (1854)
"... in Britain, upon lands that had been previously summer fallowed, or were in
high condition; but this mode of culture being in a great measure renounced, ..."
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