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Pertaining to agriculture; devoted to, adapted to, or engaged in, farming; as, farming tools; farming land; a farming community.

rass (Bot.), a genus of grasses (Festuca) containing several species of importance in agriculture. Festuca ovina is sheep's fescue; F. elatior is meadow fescue.

In a raw, green, or untried state; uncultivated; uncultured; unpracticed; as, a fresh hand on a ship.

To lay out or cultivate a garden; to labor in a garden; to practice horticulture.

The art of occupation of laying out and cultivating gardens; horticulture.

Horticulture. [Obs.]

rms) creep in a looping manner, as if measuring. Many of the species are injurious to agriculture, as the cankerworms.

Pertaining to tillage of the earth, or agriculture.

The art or science of cultivating the earth; agriculture. Evelin.

Relating to agriculture and rural affairs.

A large estate where work of any kind is done, as agriculture, manufacturing, mining, or raising of animals; a cultivated farm, with a good house, in distinction from a farming establishment with rude huts for herdsmen, etc.; -- a word used in Spanish-American regions. 1.

terized by expert use of bronze, a knowledge of iron, possession of domestic animals, agriculture, and artistic skill and sentiment in manufacturing pottery, ornaments, etc.

An implement of agriculture, usually formed of pieces of timber or metal crossing each other, and set with iron or wooden teeth. It is drawn over plowed land to level it and break the clods, to stir the soil and make it fine, or to cover seed when sown.

The type of character of the ancient Greeks, who aimed at culture, grace, and amenity, as the chief elements in human well-being and perfection.

Of or pertaining to horticulture, or the culture of gardens or orchards.

One who practices horticulture.

The business of a husbandman, comprehending the various branches of agriculture; farming. Husbandry supplieth all things necessary for food. Spenser.

Intractable; not yielding to culture. [R.] "Ill-natured land." J. Philips. -- Ill`-na"tured*ly, adv. -- Ill`-na"tured*ness, n.

Indicating a lack of breeding, culture, and the like; ignoble; rude; narrow-minded; disingenuous.

the great benefactress of their country, who instructed their ancestors in the art of agriculture.