encallow, n. local.
(ɛnˈkæləʊ)
= callow n. 3. Hence encallow v.
| 1836 Penny Cycl. V. 408/1 The encallow, as it is technically called, or the top-soil. 1850 E. Dobson Bricks & Tiles 21 The first operation [in digging clay] is to remove the mould and top soil... In London the vegetable mould is called the encallow, and the operation of removing it, encallowing. 1884 C. T. Davis Manuf. Bricks 103. |