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1. Agent Orange, n. View full entry 1966
...A defoliant and herbicide used by the United States during the Vietnam War to remove forest cover and destroy crops. Cf. agent1....
2. agroindustrial, adj. View full entry 1906
...Of or relating to industrialized agriculture; of, relating to, or produced by agro-industry....
3. air layering, n. View full entry 1896
...A method of propagation of woody plants in which a wound made in the bark of a shoot is covered with a layer of rooting medium and wrapped to retain moisture, encouraging...
4. ˈcattle-ˌplague, n. View full entry 1866
...A highly contagious disease affecting cattle, characterized by running from the eyes, nose, and mouth, fever, cessation of rumination, constipation, then diarrhœa, and emphysema before death; rinderpest....
5. cereologist, n. View full entry 1990
...One who studies or investigates crop circles....
6. crofterize, v. View full entry 1907
...trans. To convert into a croft-tenancy....
7. Durham, n. View full entry 1799
...Used to designate a breed of shorthorn cattle originating in Durham, now generally called shorthorns....
8. Entlebucher, n. View full entry 1937
...More fully Entlebucher mountain dog. A stocky medium-sized breed of dog from the Swiss Alps originally used by cattle-herders; a dog of this breed, having a short coat with black,...
9. farmerhood, n. View full entry 1890
...The state of being a farmer....
10. hardscape, n. View full entry 1972
...The man-made elements of landscape architecture, such as paths, structures, walls, etc., as contrasted with vegetation. Freq. attrib....
11. hatchery, n. View full entry 1880
...A hatching establishment; spec. one for hatching the ova of fish by artificial means. Also fig....
12. haylage, n. View full entry 1960
...Silage made from grass which has been partially dried....
13. keeper, v. View full entry 1958
...trans. To look after as a gamekeeper....
14. Land league, n. View full entry 1881
...An association of Irish tenant farmers and others, organized in 1879 by Charles Stewart Parnell under the name of ‘The Irish National Land League’ (and suppressed by the Government in...
15. lifestyler, n. View full entry 1970
...A person who adopts a particular lifestyle, esp. an unconventional one. Freq. with preceding word specifying the type of lifestyle adopted....
16. Luing, n. View full entry 1970
...The name given to cattle evolved from a crossing of the beef shorthorn and Highland breeds. (See quot. 1970.)...
17. Methoxone, n. View full entry 1945
...The herbicide MCPA, (4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)acetic acid....
18. middelmannetjie, n. View full entry 1934
...A ridge formed between wheel ruts in an unsurfaced road or farm track; the less worn central part of a track or road, between the lines worn by wheels....
19. mole drainage, n. View full entry 1860
...A drainage system dug by a mole plough....
20. nubuck, n. View full entry 1912
...A cattle leather with a texture similar to suede, produced by buffing the grain side of the hide....
