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n. - Arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops; The state of aggregation of soil and its condition for supporting plant growth.

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  • One horticultural dictionary defines "tilth" as the fine crumbly surface layer of soil produced by tilling.
  • That teems with olive; that shall thy tilth prove kind
  • When stubbles yield to tilth, and woodlands brown and sear,
  • His cut appeared to be deep, by the rich black of the upturned tilth.
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