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Definition of Tilth

1. Noun. The state of aggregation of soil and its condition for supporting plant growth.

2. Noun. Arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops.

Definition of Tilth

1. n. The state of being tilled, or prepared for a crop; culture; as, land is good tilth.

Definition of Tilth

1. Noun. The state of being tilled, or prepared for a crop; culture. ¹

2. Noun. Rich cultivated soil. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tilth

1. tillage [n -S] - See also: tillage

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tilth

tilt-up tilt-yard tilt-yards tilt angle tilt at windmills tilt barrier tilt barriers tilt rail tilt table tilt test

tiltability tiltable tilted tilter tilters tilth (current term) tilths tilting tilting board tilting disc valve

tilting disc valve prosthesis tiltings tiltmeter tiltmeters tiltorama tiltoramas tiltrotor tiltrotors tilts tilty

Literary usage of Tilth

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Glossary to the Works of William Shakespeare by Alexander Dyce (1902)
"90. tilth, land tilled, cultivated, prepared for sowing: Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none, Tp. ii. i. 152; Our corn's to reap, ..."

2. Productive Soils: The Fundamentals of Successful Soil Management and by Wilbert Walter Weir (1920)
"Good tilth is one of the factors determining fertility; and it has been defined as that ... Factors Determining Good tilth.—The development of good tilth, ..."

3. The Sugar-beet in America by Franklin Stewart Harris (1919)
"Soil tilth, which has such great practical importance, is determined largely by its ... Soil grains packed tightly together form a soil of poor tilth. ..."

4. The Sugar-beet in America by Franklin Stewart Harris (1919)
"Soil tilth, which has such great practical importance, is determined largely by its ... Soil grains packed tightly together form a soil of poor tilth. ..."

5. A Text Book of the Physics of Agriculture by Franklin Hiram King (1907)
"76, thus destroying its tilth by puddling it. 296. How Plowing May Correct Texture and Improve tilth.—If a soil has gotten out of tilth, has become cloddy ..."

6. The Soil, Its Nature, Relations, and Fundamental Principles of Management by Franklin Hiram King (1895)
"THE great importance of good tilth has always been appreciated by thoroughgoing practical men, and experience has abundantly taught that the stiffer and ..."

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