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Definition of Plumpest
1. plump [adj] - See also: plump
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plumpest
Literary usage of Plumpest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1805)
"... subject ou^bt not to be overlooked by farmers : * It is customary to set aside
or to purchase for seed corn, the boldest and plumpest samples that can ..."
2. The New England Farmer by Samuel W. Cole (1869)
"When wheat ia sown in drills, we can easily pa^s through the field and cut into
a basket the heads that are the plumpest and ..."
3. Practical Observations on the British Grasses, Especially Such as are Best by William Curtis, Joseph Banks (1812)
"It is customary to set aside or to purchase for seed corn the boldest and plumpest
samples that * 80 grains of the most blighted wheat of the last year, ..."
4. Pamphleteer by Abraham John Valpy (1816)
"Sir Joseph Banks proceeds to say that the selection of the plumpest grains for
seed is an unnecessary waste of human subsistence, and he advises that what ..."
5. The Farmer's Encyclopædia, and Dictionary of Rural Affairs: Embracing All by Cuthbert William Johnson (1844)
"... each was raised should be the best and plumpest that could be obtained. ....
of many varieties of w>;i and planting the finest and plumpest seeds s-. ..."
6. Annual Report of the Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of (1901)
"The plumpest buds of all are commonly the terminal buds of the shoots, ...
But cases were occasionally found where the plumpest buds on a fruit spur were ..."
7. The Floral World and Garden Guide by Shirley Hibberd (1865)
"Counting from the root, the sixth bud happens in this case to be the plumpest,
and, accordingly, we pass the knife through as at a in the figure. vigour, ..."
8. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1805)
"... subject ou^bt not to be overlooked by farmers : * It is customary to set aside
or to purchase for seed corn, the boldest and plumpest samples that can ..."
9. The New England Farmer by Samuel W. Cole (1869)
"When wheat ia sown in drills, we can easily pa^s through the field and cut into
a basket the heads that are the plumpest and ..."
10. Practical Observations on the British Grasses, Especially Such as are Best by William Curtis, Joseph Banks (1812)
"It is customary to set aside or to purchase for seed corn the boldest and plumpest
samples that * 80 grains of the most blighted wheat of the last year, ..."
11. Pamphleteer by Abraham John Valpy (1816)
"Sir Joseph Banks proceeds to say that the selection of the plumpest grains for
seed is an unnecessary waste of human subsistence, and he advises that what ..."
12. The Farmer's Encyclopædia, and Dictionary of Rural Affairs: Embracing All by Cuthbert William Johnson (1844)
"... each was raised should be the best and plumpest that could be obtained. ....
of many varieties of w>;i and planting the finest and plumpest seeds s-. ..."
13. Annual Report of the Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of (1901)
"The plumpest buds of all are commonly the terminal buds of the shoots, ...
But cases were occasionally found where the plumpest buds on a fruit spur were ..."
14. The Floral World and Garden Guide by Shirley Hibberd (1865)
"Counting from the root, the sixth bud happens in this case to be the plumpest,
and, accordingly, we pass the knife through as at a in the figure. vigour, ..."
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