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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(rare, archaic or dialectal) Cultivation of the ground; farming; agriculture..
Dumb-founded Nature You will crown the chorale of our hearts The day you rise - Who give us weight, earth-tilth And tincture - God will fill the opening Of your eyes.
"That was my mother's father," Grandfather Crey had said. "And he used to say 'feather-heeled' when he meant agile. A horse's fetlock was his 'foot-lock,' and we fanners did not engage in farming, young Joze, we engaged in 'earth-tilth.'
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Earth-tilth means (rare, archaic or dialectal) Cultivation of the ground; farming; agriculture..
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Dumb-founded Nature You will crown the chorale of our hearts The day you rise - Who give us weight, earth-tilth And tincture - God will fill the opening Of your eyes.
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