What does glebe mean?
Glebe means Turf; soil; ground; sod..
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/ɡliːb/ · noun
Turf; soil; ground; sod..
1768, Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield, Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke
Admiring glebes their amber ears unfold, / And Labour sleep amid the waving gold.
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Glebe means Turf; soil; ground; sod..
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1768, Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield, Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke
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