† twiˈfallow, twy-, v. Obs.
[f. twi- + fallow v.2]
trans. To fallow twice; to fallow a second time; to plough up (land) a second time in the course of its lying fallow. Hence † twifallowing vbl. n.; also twifallow n.
| 1557 Tusser 100 Points Husb. lxxviii, In May at the furdest, twy fallow thy lande. 1573 ― Husb. (1878) 114 Twifallow once ended, get tumbrell and man, And compas that fallow as soone as ye can. 1577 B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. i. (1586) 22 b, For some seede, you must not only twyfallowe and threefallowe your ground, but also fourefallow it. 1610 W. Folkingham Art of Survey i. xi. 43 Orders and seasons for fallowing, twifallowing, trifallowing and seed-furre. 1707 Mortimer Husb. (1721) I. 155 The Land being fallowed in May, must be twy-fallowed in June. 1725 Bradley's Fam. Dict. s.v. Plough, The Times of the second plowing is about June, it bears the Name of Twy-fallowing. Ibid. s.v. Barley, Some at the Time of Twy-fallowing in June make the Land very fine. 1733 Miller Gard. Dict. s.v. Rapa, The Land..should be ploughed in May, and twy-fallow'd in June. 1890 Glouc. Gloss., Twy-fallow, the second ploughing. |