SUBSOILING

Etymology

Noun

subsoiling (countable and uncountable, plural subsoilings)

ploughing to the depth of the subsoil

Source: Wiktionary


SUBSOIL

Sub"soil`, n.

Definition: The bed, or stratum, of earth which lies immediately beneath the surface soil. Subsoil plow, a plow having a share and standard but no moldboard. It follows in the furrow made by an ordinary plow, and loosens the soil to an additional depth without bringing it to the surface. Knight.

Sub"soil`, v. t.

Definition: To turn up the subsoil of.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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SUCH

(adjective) of so extreme a degree or extent; “such weeping”; “so much weeping”; “such a help”; “such grief”; “never dreamed of such beauty”


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