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Definition of Fallow
Fal´low | a. | 1. | Pale red or pale yellow; as, a fallow deer or greyhound. | | 2. | Left untilled or unsowed after plowing; uncultivated; as, fallow ground. | | n. | 1. | Plowed land. | | 2. | Land that has lain a year or more untilled or unseeded; land plowed without being sowed for the season. | | 3. | The plowing or tilling of land, without sowing it for a season; as, summer fallow, properly conducted, has ever been found a sure method of destroying weeds. | | v. t. | 1. | To plow, harrow, and break up, as land, without seeding, for the purpose of destroying weeds and insects, and rendering it mellow; as, it is profitable to fallow cold, strong, clayey land. |
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