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Webster 1913 Edition


Trifallow

Tri′falˊlow

,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Trifallow

TRI'FALLOW

,
Verb.
T.
[L. tres, three, and fallow.] To plow land the third time before sowing.

Definition 2024


trifallow

trifallow

English

Verb

trifallow (third-person singular simple present trifallows, present participle trifallowing, simple past and past participle trifallowed)

  1. (obsolete, rare) To plough (land) the third time before sowing.
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