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fallow
(encz) | fallow,jalový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
fallow
(encz) | fallow,ležící ladem Zdeněk Brož |
fallow
(encz) | fallow,neobdělaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Fallow
(gcide) | Fallow \Fal"low\, n. [So called from the fallow, or somewhat
yellow, color of naked ground; or perh. akin to E. felly, n.,
cf. MHG. valgen to plow up, OHG. felga felly, harrow.]
1. Plowed land. [Obs.]
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Who . . . pricketh his blind horse over the fallows.
--Chaucer.
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2. Land that has lain a year or more untilled or unseeded;
land plowed without being sowed for the season.
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The plowing of fallows is a benefit to land.
--Mortimer.
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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.
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Be a complete summer fallow, land is rendered tender
and mellow. The fallow gives it a better tilth than
can be given by a fallow crop. --Sinclair.
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Fallow crop, the crop taken from a green fallow. [Eng.]
Green fallow, fallow whereby land is rendered mellow and
clean from weeds, by cultivating some green crop, as
turnips, potatoes, etc. [Eng.]
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Fallow
(gcide) | Fallow \Fal"low\, a. [AS. fealu, fealo, pale yellow or red; akin
to D. vaal fallow, faded, OHG. falo, G. falb, fahl, Icel.
f["o]lr, and prob. to Lith. palvas, OSlav. plav[u^] white, L.
pallidus pale, pallere to be pale, Gr. polio`s gray, Skr.
palita. Cf. Pale, Favel, a., Favor.]
1. Pale red or pale yellow; as, a fallow deer or greyhound.
--Shak.
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2. [Cf. Fallow, n.] Left untilled or unsowed after plowing;
uncultivated; as, fallow ground.
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Fallow chat, Fallow finch (Zool.), a small European bird,
the wheatear (Saxicola [oe]nanthe). See Wheatear.
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Fallow
(gcide) | Fallow \Fal"low\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fallowed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Fallowing.] [From Fallow, n.]
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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fallow
(wn) | fallow
adj 1: left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season;
"fallow farmland"
2: undeveloped but potentially useful; "a fallow gold market"
n 1: cultivated land that is not seeded for one or more growing
seasons |
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fallow
(encz) | fallow,jalový adj: Zdeněk Brožfallow,ležící ladem Zdeněk Brožfallow,neobdělaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
fallow deer
(encz) | fallow deer,daněk Zdeněk Brož |
fallow land
(encz) | fallow land,úhor n: Zdeněk Brož |
fallow chat
(gcide) | Wheatear \Wheat"ear`\, n. (Zool.)
A small European singing bird (Saxicola [oe]nanthe). The
male is white beneath, bluish gray above, with black wings
and a black stripe through each eye. The tail is black at the
tip and in the middle, but white at the base and on each
side. Called also checkbird, chickell, dykehopper,
fallow chat, fallow finch, stonechat, and whitetail.
[1913 Webster]Fallow \Fal"low\, a. [AS. fealu, fealo, pale yellow or red; akin
to D. vaal fallow, faded, OHG. falo, G. falb, fahl, Icel.
f["o]lr, and prob. to Lith. palvas, OSlav. plav[u^] white, L.
pallidus pale, pallere to be pale, Gr. polio`s gray, Skr.
palita. Cf. Pale, Favel, a., Favor.]
1. Pale red or pale yellow; as, a fallow deer or greyhound.
--Shak.
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2. [Cf. Fallow, n.] Left untilled or unsowed after plowing;
uncultivated; as, fallow ground.
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Fallow chat, Fallow finch (Zool.), a small European bird,
the wheatear (Saxicola [oe]nanthe). See Wheatear.
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Fallow chat
(gcide) | Wheatear \Wheat"ear`\, n. (Zool.)
A small European singing bird (Saxicola [oe]nanthe). The
male is white beneath, bluish gray above, with black wings
and a black stripe through each eye. The tail is black at the
tip and in the middle, but white at the base and on each
side. Called also checkbird, chickell, dykehopper,
fallow chat, fallow finch, stonechat, and whitetail.
[1913 Webster]Fallow \Fal"low\, a. [AS. fealu, fealo, pale yellow or red; akin
to D. vaal fallow, faded, OHG. falo, G. falb, fahl, Icel.
f["o]lr, and prob. to Lith. palvas, OSlav. plav[u^] white, L.
pallidus pale, pallere to be pale, Gr. polio`s gray, Skr.
palita. Cf. Pale, Favel, a., Favor.]
1. Pale red or pale yellow; as, a fallow deer or greyhound.
--Shak.
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2. [Cf. Fallow, n.] Left untilled or unsowed after plowing;
uncultivated; as, fallow ground.
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Fallow chat, Fallow finch (Zool.), a small European bird,
the wheatear (Saxicola [oe]nanthe). See Wheatear.
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Fallow crop
(gcide) | Fallow \Fal"low\, n. [So called from the fallow, or somewhat
yellow, color of naked ground; or perh. akin to E. felly, n.,
cf. MHG. valgen to plow up, OHG. felga felly, harrow.]
1. Plowed land. [Obs.]
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Who . . . pricketh his blind horse over the fallows.
--Chaucer.
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2. Land that has lain a year or more untilled or unseeded;
land plowed without being sowed for the season.
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The plowing of fallows is a benefit to land.
--Mortimer.
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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.
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Be a complete summer fallow, land is rendered tender
and mellow. The fallow gives it a better tilth than
can be given by a fallow crop. --Sinclair.
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Fallow crop, the crop taken from a green fallow. [Eng.]
Green fallow, fallow whereby land is rendered mellow and
clean from weeds, by cultivating some green crop, as
turnips, potatoes, etc. [Eng.]
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Fallow deer
(gcide) | Fallow deer \Fal"low deer`\ [So called from its fallow or pale
yellow color.] (Zool.)
A European species of deer (Cervus dama), much smaller than
the red deer. In summer both sexes are spotted with white. It
is common in England, where it is often domesticated in the
parks.
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fallow finch
(gcide) | Wheatear \Wheat"ear`\, n. (Zool.)
A small European singing bird (Saxicola [oe]nanthe). The
male is white beneath, bluish gray above, with black wings
and a black stripe through each eye. The tail is black at the
tip and in the middle, but white at the base and on each
side. Called also checkbird, chickell, dykehopper,
fallow chat, fallow finch, stonechat, and whitetail.
[1913 Webster]Fallow \Fal"low\, a. [AS. fealu, fealo, pale yellow or red; akin
to D. vaal fallow, faded, OHG. falo, G. falb, fahl, Icel.
f["o]lr, and prob. to Lith. palvas, OSlav. plav[u^] white, L.
pallidus pale, pallere to be pale, Gr. polio`s gray, Skr.
palita. Cf. Pale, Favel, a., Favor.]
1. Pale red or pale yellow; as, a fallow deer or greyhound.
--Shak.
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2. [Cf. Fallow, n.] Left untilled or unsowed after plowing;
uncultivated; as, fallow ground.
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Fallow chat, Fallow finch (Zool.), a small European bird,
the wheatear (Saxicola [oe]nanthe). See Wheatear.
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Fallow finch
(gcide) | Wheatear \Wheat"ear`\, n. (Zool.)
A small European singing bird (Saxicola [oe]nanthe). The
male is white beneath, bluish gray above, with black wings
and a black stripe through each eye. The tail is black at the
tip and in the middle, but white at the base and on each
side. Called also checkbird, chickell, dykehopper,
fallow chat, fallow finch, stonechat, and whitetail.
[1913 Webster]Fallow \Fal"low\, a. [AS. fealu, fealo, pale yellow or red; akin
to D. vaal fallow, faded, OHG. falo, G. falb, fahl, Icel.
f["o]lr, and prob. to Lith. palvas, OSlav. plav[u^] white, L.
pallidus pale, pallere to be pale, Gr. polio`s gray, Skr.
palita. Cf. Pale, Favel, a., Favor.]
1. Pale red or pale yellow; as, a fallow deer or greyhound.
--Shak.
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2. [Cf. Fallow, n.] Left untilled or unsowed after plowing;
uncultivated; as, fallow ground.
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Fallow chat, Fallow finch (Zool.), a small European bird,
the wheatear (Saxicola [oe]nanthe). See Wheatear.
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Fallowed
(gcide) | Fallow \Fal"low\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fallowed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Fallowing.] [From Fallow, n.]
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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Fallowing
(gcide) | Fallow \Fal"low\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fallowed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Fallowing.] [From Fallow, n.]
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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Fallowist
(gcide) | Fallowist \Fal"low*ist\, n.
One who favors the practice of fallowing land. [R.]
--Sinclair.
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Fallowness
(gcide) | Fallowness \Fal"low*ness\, n.
A well or opening, through the successive floors of a
warehouse or manufactory, through which goods are raised or
lowered. [U.S.] --Bartlett.
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Green fallow
(gcide) | Fallow \Fal"low\, n. [So called from the fallow, or somewhat
yellow, color of naked ground; or perh. akin to E. felly, n.,
cf. MHG. valgen to plow up, OHG. felga felly, harrow.]
1. Plowed land. [Obs.]
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Who . . . pricketh his blind horse over the fallows.
--Chaucer.
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2. Land that has lain a year or more untilled or unseeded;
land plowed without being sowed for the season.
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The plowing of fallows is a benefit to land.
--Mortimer.
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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.
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Be a complete summer fallow, land is rendered tender
and mellow. The fallow gives it a better tilth than
can be given by a fallow crop. --Sinclair.
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Fallow crop, the crop taken from a green fallow. [Eng.]
Green fallow, fallow whereby land is rendered mellow and
clean from weeds, by cultivating some green crop, as
turnips, potatoes, etc. [Eng.]
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Summer fallow
(gcide) | Summer \Sum"mer\, n. [OE. sumer, somer, AS. sumor, sumer; akin
to OFries. sumur, D. zomer, OS. sumar, G. sommer, OHG. &
Icel. sumar, Dan. sommer, Sw. sommar, W. haf, Zend hama, Skr.
sam[=a] year. [root]292.]
The season of the year in which the sun shines most directly
upon any region; the warmest period of the year.
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Note: North of the equator summer is popularly taken to
include the months of June, July, and August.
Astronomically it may be considered, in the northern
hemisphere, to begin with the summer solstice, about
June 21st, and to end with the autumnal equinox, about
September 22d.
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Indian summer, in North America, a period of warm weather
late in autumn, usually characterized by a clear sky, and
by a hazy or smoky appearance of the atmosphere,
especially near the horizon. The name is derived probably
from the custom of the Indians of using this time in
preparation for winter by laying in stores of food.
Saint Martin's summer. See under Saint.
Summer bird (Zool.), the wryneck. [Prov. Eng.]
Summer colt, the undulating state of the air near the
surface of the ground when heated. [Eng.]
Summer complaint (Med.), a popular term for any diarrheal
disorder occurring in summer, especially when produced by
heat and indigestion.
Summer coot (Zool.), the American gallinule. [Local, U.S.]
Summer cypress (Bot.), an annual plant (Kochia Scoparia)
of the Goosefoot family. It has narrow, ciliate, crowded
leaves, and is sometimes seen in gardens.
Summer duck. (Zool.)
(a) The wood duck.
(b) The garganey, or summer teal. See Illust. of Wood duck,
under Wood.
Summer fallow, land uncropped and plowed, etc., during the
summer, in order to pulverize the soil and kill the weeds.
Summer rash (Med.), prickly heat. See under Prickly.
Summer sheldrake (Zool.), the hooded merganser. [Local,
U.S.]
Summer snipe. (Zool.)
(a) The dunlin.
(b) The common European sandpiper.
(c) The green sandpiper.
Summer tanager (Zool.), a singing bird (Piranga rubra)
native of the Middle and Southern United States. The male
is deep red, the female is yellowish olive above and
yellow beneath. Called also summer redbird.
Summer teal (Zool.), the blue-winged teal. [Local, U.S.]
Summer wheat, wheat that is sown in the spring, and matures
during the summer following. See Spring wheat.
Summer yellowbird. (Zool.) See Yellowbird.
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Summer-fallow
(gcide) | Summer-fallow \Sum"mer-fal"low\, v. t.
To plow and work in summer, in order to prepare for wheat or
other crop; to plow and let lie fallow.
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thrifallow
(gcide) | Thryfallow \Thry"fal`low\, v. t. [Perhaps fr. thrice + fallow.
Cf. Trifallow.]
To plow for the third time in summer; to trifallow. [R.]
[Written also thrifallow.] --Tusser.
[1913 Webster]Thrifallow \Thri"fal`low\ (thr[imac]"f[a^]l`l[-o]), v. t.
See Thryfallow, and Trifallow. [R.] --Tusser.
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Thrifallow
(gcide) | Thryfallow \Thry"fal`low\, v. t. [Perhaps fr. thrice + fallow.
Cf. Trifallow.]
To plow for the third time in summer; to trifallow. [R.]
[Written also thrifallow.] --Tusser.
[1913 Webster]Thrifallow \Thri"fal`low\ (thr[imac]"f[a^]l`l[-o]), v. t.
See Thryfallow, and Trifallow. [R.] --Tusser.
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Thryfallow
(gcide) | Thryfallow \Thry"fal`low\, v. t. [Perhaps fr. thrice + fallow.
Cf. Trifallow.]
To plow for the third time in summer; to trifallow. [R.]
[Written also thrifallow.] --Tusser.
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Trifallow
(gcide) | Trifallow \Tri"fal`low\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trifallowed; p.
pr. & vb. n. Trifallowing.] [Pref. tri- + fallow. Cf.
Thryfallow.]
To plow the third time before sowing, as land. --Mortimer.
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Trifallowed
(gcide) | Trifallow \Tri"fal`low\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trifallowed; p.
pr. & vb. n. Trifallowing.] [Pref. tri- + fallow. Cf.
Thryfallow.]
To plow the third time before sowing, as land. --Mortimer.
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Trifallowing
(gcide) | Trifallow \Tri"fal`low\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trifallowed; p.
pr. & vb. n. Trifallowing.] [Pref. tri- + fallow. Cf.
Thryfallow.]
To plow the third time before sowing, as land. --Mortimer.
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Twifallow
(gcide) | Twifallow \Twi"fal`low\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Twifallowed; p.
pr. & vb. n. Twifallowing.] [AS. twi- (see Twice) two +
fallow.]
To plow, or fallow, a second time (land that has been once
fallowed).
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Twifallowed
(gcide) | Twifallow \Twi"fal`low\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Twifallowed; p.
pr. & vb. n. Twifallowing.] [AS. twi- (see Twice) two +
fallow.]
To plow, or fallow, a second time (land that has been once
fallowed).
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Twifallowing
(gcide) | Twifallow \Twi"fal`low\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Twifallowed; p.
pr. & vb. n. Twifallowing.] [AS. twi- (see Twice) two +
fallow.]
To plow, or fallow, a second time (land that has been once
fallowed).
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Unfallowed
(gcide) | Unfallowed \Unfallowed\
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Winter fallow
(gcide) | Winter \Win"ter\, n. [AS. winter; akin to OFries. & D. winter,
OS. & OHG. wintar, G. winter, D. & Sw. vinter, Icel. vetr,
Goth. wintrus; of uncertain origin; cf. Old Gallic vindo-
white (in comp.), OIr. find white. ????.]
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1. The season of the year in which the sun shines most
obliquely upon any region; the coldest season of the year.
"Of thirty winter he was old." --Chaucer.
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And after summer evermore succeeds
Barren winter, with his wrathful nipping cold.
--Shak.
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Winter lingering chills the lap of May. --Goldsmith.
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Note: North of the equator, winter is popularly taken to
include the months of December, January, and February
(see Season). Astronomically, it may be considered to
begin with the winter solstice, about December 21st,
and to end with the vernal equinox, about March 21st.
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2. The period of decay, old age, death, or the like.
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Life's autumn past, I stand on winter's verge.
--Wordsworth.
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Winter apple, an apple that keeps well in winter, or that
does not ripen until winter.
Winter barley, a kind of barley that is sown in autumn.
Winter berry (Bot.), the name of several American shrubs
(Ilex verticillata, Ilex laevigata, etc.) of the Holly
family, having bright red berries conspicuous in winter.
Winter bloom. (Bot.)
(a) A plant of the genus Azalea.
(b) A plant of the genus Hamamelis ({Hamamelis
Viginica}); witch-hazel; -- so called from its flowers
appearing late in autumn, while the leaves are
falling.
Winter bud (Zool.), a statoblast.
Winter cherry (Bot.), a plant (Physalis Alkekengi) of the
Nightshade family, which has, a red berry inclosed in the
inflated and persistent calyx. See Alkekengi.
Winter cough (Med.), a form of chronic bronchitis marked by
a cough recurring each winter.
Winter cress (Bot.), a yellow-flowered cruciferous plant
(Barbarea vulgaris).
Winter crop, a crop which will bear the winter, or which
may be converted into fodder during the winter.
Winter duck. (Zool.)
(a) The pintail.
(b) The old squaw.
Winter egg (Zool.), an egg produced in the autumn by many
invertebrates, and destined to survive the winter. Such
eggs usually differ from the summer eggs in having a
thicker shell, and often in being enveloped in a
protective case. They sometimes develop in a manner
different from that of the summer eggs.
Winter fallow, ground that is fallowed in winter.
Winter fat. (Bot.) Same as White sage, under White.
Winter fever (Med.), pneumonia. [Colloq.]
Winter flounder. (Zool.) See the Note under Flounder.
Winter gull (Zool.), the common European gull; -- called
also winter mew. [Prov. Eng.]
Winter itch. (Med.) See Prarie itch, under Prairie.
Winter lodge, or Winter lodgment. (Bot.) Same as
Hibernaculum.
Winter mew. (Zool.) Same as Winter gull, above. [Prov.
Eng.]
Winter moth (Zool.), any one of several species of
geometrid moths which come forth in winter, as the
European species (Cheimatobia brumata). These moths have
rudimentary mouth organs, and eat no food in the imago
state. The female of some of the species is wingless.
Winter oil, oil prepared so as not to solidify in
moderately cold weather.
Winter pear, a kind of pear that keeps well in winter, or
that does not ripen until winter.
Winter quarters, the quarters of troops during the winter;
a winter residence or station.
Winter rye, a kind of rye that is sown in autumn.
Winter shad (Zool.), the gizzard shad.
Winter sheldrake (Zool.), the goosander. [Local, U. S.]
Winter sleep (Zool.), hibernation.
Winter snipe (Zool.), the dunlin.
Winter solstice. (Astron.) See Solstice, 2.
Winter teal (Zool.), the green-winged teal.
Winter wagtail (Zool.), the gray wagtail ({Motacilla
melanope}). [Prov. Eng.]
Winter wheat, wheat sown in autumn, which lives during the
winter, and ripens in the following summer.
Winter wren (Zool.), a small American wren ({Troglodytes
hiemalis}) closely resembling the common wren.
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fallow
(wn) | fallow
adj 1: left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season;
"fallow farmland"
2: undeveloped but potentially useful; "a fallow gold market"
n 1: cultivated land that is not seeded for one or more growing
seasons |
fallow deer
(wn) | fallow deer
n 1: small Eurasian deer [syn: fallow deer, Dama dama] |
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