tilth
(noun) the state of aggregation of soil and its condition for supporting plant growth
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tilth (countable and uncountable, plural tilths)
Agricultural labour; husbandry.
The state of being tilled, or prepared for a crop; culture.
Rich cultivated soil.
Source: Wiktionary
Tilth, n. Etym: [AS. til, fr. tilian to till. See Till to cultivate.]
1. The state of being tilled, or prepared for a crop; culture; as, land is good tilth. The tilth and rank fertility of its golden youth. De Quincey.
2. That which is tilled; tillage ground. [R.] And so by tilth and grange . . . We gained the mother city. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
