单词 | plite |
释义 | ▪ I. plit Agric. [Invented by W. Marshall: see quot. 1778.] The slice of earth turned over by a ploughshare.
1778W. H. Marshall Minutes Agric. 13 May an. 1775, Each furrow.., and the fresh-formed surface of each plit, may lie..wholly exposed to the weather. [Ibid., note, A spade-full is called a Spit, and, by analogy, a plow-full a Plit.] 1812Sir J. Sinclair Syst. Husb. Scot. i. 156 Where the land is excessively steep, it is often necessary to plough directly across, throwing the plits or furrow slices all down hill. 1813R. Ker Agric. Surv. Berwick 150 At its fore part it is an exceedingly sharp wedge, so as to insinuate between the fastland and the plit, or furrow slice. ▪ II. plit, plite obs. forms of plight. |

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