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husbandry
(encz) | husbandry,zemědělství n: Zdeněk Brož |
Husbandry
(gcide) | Husbandry \Hus"band*ry\, n.
1. Care of domestic affairs; economy; domestic management;
thrift.
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There's husbandry in heaven;
Their candles are all out. --Shak.
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2. The business of a husbandman, comprehending the various
branches of agriculture; farming.
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Husbandry supplieth all things necessary for food.
--Spenser.
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husbandry
(wn) | husbandry
n 1: the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock [syn:
farming, agriculture, husbandry] |
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husbandry
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Garden husbandry
(gcide) | Garden \Gar"den\ (g[aum]r"d'n; 277), n. [OE. gardin, OF. gardin,
jardin, F. jardin, of German origin; cf. OHG. garto, G.
garten; akin to AS. geard. See Yard an inclosure.]
1. A piece of ground appropriated to the cultivation of
herbs, fruits, flowers, or vegetables.
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2. A rich, well-cultivated spot or tract of country.
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I am arrived from fruitful Lombardy,
The pleasant garden of great Italy. --Shak.
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Note: Garden is often used adjectively or in self-explaining
compounds; as, garden flowers, garden tools, garden
walk, garden wall, garden house or gardenhouse.
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Garden balsam, an ornamental plant (Impatiens Balsamina).
Garden engine, a wheelbarrow tank and pump for watering
gardens.
Garden glass.
(a) A bell glass for covering plants.
(b) A globe of dark-colored glass, mounted on a pedestal,
to reflect surrounding objects; -- much used as an
ornament in gardens in Germany.
Garden house
(a) A summer house. --Beau. & Fl.
(b) A privy. [Southern U.S.]
Garden husbandry, the raising on a small scale of seeds,
fruits, vegetables, etc., for sale.
Garden mold or Garden mould, rich, mellow earth which is
fit for a garden. --Mortimer.
Garden nail, a cast nail, used for fastening vines to brick
walls. --Knight.
Garden net, a net for covering fruits trees, vines, etc.,
to protect them from birds.
Garden party, a social party held out of doors, within the
grounds or garden attached to a private residence.
Garden plot, a plot appropriated to a garden.
Garden pot, a watering pot.
Garden pump, a garden engine; a barrow pump.
Garden shears, large shears, for clipping trees and hedges,
pruning, etc.
Garden spider, (Zool.), the diadem spider ({Epeira
diadema}), common in gardens, both in Europe and America.
It spins a geometrical web. See Geometric spider, and
Spider web.
Garden stand, a stand for flower pots.
Garden stuff, vegetables raised in a garden. [Colloq.]
Garden syringe, a syringe for watering plants, sprinkling
them with solutions for destroying insects, etc.
Garden truck, vegetables raised for the market. [Colloq.]
Garden ware, garden truck. [Obs.] --Mortimer.
Bear garden, Botanic garden, etc. See under Bear, etc.
Hanging garden. See under Hanging.
Kitchen garden, a garden where vegetables are cultivated
for household use.
Market garden, a piece of ground where vegetable are
cultivated to be sold in the markets for table use.
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Patrons of Husbandry
(gcide) | Patron \Pa"tron\, n. [F., fr. L. patronus, fr. pater a father.
See Paternal, and cf. Patroon, Padrone, Pattern.]
1. One who protects, supports, or countenances; a defender.
"Patron of my life and liberty." --Shak. "The patron of
true holiness." --Spenser.
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2. (Rom. Antiq.)
(a) A master who had freed his slave, but still retained
some paternal rights over him.
(b) A man of distinction under whose protection another
person placed himself.
(c) An advocate or pleader.
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Let him who works the client wrong
Beware the patron's ire. --Macaulay.
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3. One who encourages or helps a person, a cause, or a work;
a furtherer; a promoter; as, a patron of art.
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4. (Eccl. Law) One who has gift and disposition of a
benefice. [Eng.]
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5. A guardian saint. -- called also patron saint.
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6. (Naut.) See Padrone, 2.
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Patrons of Husbandry, the grangers. See Granger, 2.
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animal husbandry
(wn) | animal husbandry
n 1: breeding and caring for farm animals |
husbandry
(wn) | husbandry
n 1: the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock [syn:
farming, agriculture, husbandry] |
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