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The operation, practice, or art of tilling or preparing land for seed, and keeping the ground in a proper state for the growth of crops.

A low stool to keep the goods from touching the floor. Knight.

Of or pertaining to agriculture; connected with, or engaged in, tillage; as, the agricultural class; agricultural implements, wages, etc. -- Ag`ri*cul"tur*al*ly, adv. Agricultural ant (Zoöl.), a species of ant which gathers and stores seeds of grasses, for food. The remarkable species (Myrmica barbata) found in Texas…

ground, including the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of live stock; tillage; husbandry; farming.

Fit for plowing or tillage; -- hence, often applied to land which has been plowed or tilled.

Plowing; tillage. [R.] Lands are said to be in a state of aration when they are under tillage. Brande.

Contributing to tillage.

The daughter of Saturn and Ops or Rhea, the goddess of corn and tillage.

To raise or produce by tillage; to care for while growing; as, to cultivate corn or grass.

r act of cultivating; improvement for agricultural purposes or by agricultural processes; tillage; production by tillage.

An agricultural implement used in the tillage of growing crops, to loosen the surface of the earth and kill the weeds; esp., a triangular frame set with small shares, drawn by a horse and by handles.

e act or practice of cultivating, or of preparing the earth for seed and raising crops by tillage; as, the culture of the soil.

A void space left in tillage. [Prov. Eng.] Dole beer, beer bestowed as alms. [Obs.] -- Dole bread, bread bestowed as alms. [Obs.] -- Dole meadow, a meadow in which several persons have a common right or share.

One who is devoted to the tillage of the soil; one who cultivates a farm; an agriculturist; a husbandman.

Cleared land; land suitable for tillage or pasture; cultivated ground; the open country.

The horses, oxen, plows, wains or wagons and implements for carrying on tillage.

Pertaining to tillage of the earth, or agriculture.

mendments to, or changes in; to bring nearer to perfection; as, to improve on the mode of tillage.

produce or designated commodity itself, as distinguished from its value in money. Tax on tillage was often levied in kind upon corn. Arbuthnot.

Land that is plowed, or suitable for tillage.