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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

†BASTARD FALLOW, n. An agricultural term. (See quots.)e.Lth. 1794 G. Buchan-Hepburn Agric. of e.Lth. 58:
He plowed up the ley, and gave it what we call a bastard fallow with three furs, to prepare it for oats and clover again.Ayr. 1811 W. Aiton Agric. of the County of Ayr 243:
A bastard fallow, or giving the ground three or four furrows after the separation of a hay crop.

[E.D.D. gives this only for Eng. dial., and N.E.D. gives the term but no example.]

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