▪ I. † ˈpastine, n. Obs. rare.
[ad. L. pastinum a two-pronged dibble; the digging and trenching of ground; also pl. ground so prepared (Palladius 4th c.).]
Ground prepared for planting by digging and trenching.
| c 1420 Pallad. on Husb. iii. 429 This mone in places temporate, oliue In pastine or in tables brynkes sette. Ibid. xii. 86 Now ther is hoot..The pechis boon in pastyne is to sette. |
▪ II. † ˈpastine, v. Obs. rare.
[ad. L. pastin-āre to prepare ground (for planting) by digging and trenching (Pliny, Columella).]
trans. a. To dig and trench (ground) for planting, etc. b. To plant in prepared soil. Hence † ˈpastining vbl. n.
| c 1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 772 Lete delue hit deepe Thre foote or iiij in wise of pastynyng, That hit may in hit silf his moystour kepe. Ibid. ii. 77 With diche or forgh to pastyne hit, no drede is. Ibid. iii. 651 Pasneppes seed or plauntes faat & rare, Pastined depe, ysette in this mone are. |