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FALLOW , See also: land ploughed and tilled, but See also:left unsown, usually for a See also:year, in See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order, on the one See also:hand, to disintegrate, aerate and See also:free it from weeds, and, on the other, to allow it to recuperate. The word was probably See also:early confused with "fallow" (from O. Eng. fealu, probably cognate with Gr. iroAuis, See also:grey), of a See also:pale-See also:- BROWN
- BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
- BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
- BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
- BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
- BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
- BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
- BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
- BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
- BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
- BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
- BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
- BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
- BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
- BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
- BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
- BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
- BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
- BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
- BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
- BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
- BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
- BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)
brown or yellow See also:colour, often applied to See also:soil left untilled and unsown, but chiefly seen in the name of the " fallow See also:deer." The true derivation is from the O. Eng. fealga, only found in the plural, a See also:harrow, and the ultimate origin is a See also:Teutonic See also:root meaning " to plough," cf. the See also:German falgen. The recognition that continuous growing of See also:wheat on the same See also:area of land robs the soil of its fertility was universal among See also:ancient peoples, and the practice of " fallowing " or resting the soil is as old as See also:agriculture itself. The " See also:Sabbath See also:rest " ordered to be given every seventh year to the land by the See also:Mosaic See also:law is a classical instance of the " fallow." Improvements in See also:crop rotations and manuring have diminished the See also:necessity of the " See also:bare fallow," which is uneconomical because the land is left unproductive, and because the nitrates in the soil unintercepted by the roots of See also:plants are washed away in the drainage See also:waters. At the See also:present See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time bare fallowing is, in See also:general, only advisable on stiff soils and in dry climates. A " See also:green fallow " is land planted with turnips, potatoes or some similar crop in rows, the space between which may be cleared of weeds by hoeing. The " See also:bastard fallow " is a modification of the bare fallow, effected by the growth of See also:rye, vetches, or some other rapidly growing crop, sown in autumn and fed off in See also:spring, the land then undergoing the processes of ploughing, grubbing and harrowing usual in the bare fallow.
FALLOW-DEER (that is, See also:Dux DEER, in contradistinction to the red deer, Cervus [Dama] dama), a See also:medium-sized representative of the See also:family Cervidae, characterized by its See also:expanded or palmated antlers, which generally have no bez-tine, rather See also:long tail (See also:black above and See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white below), and a coat spotted with white in summer but uniformly coloured in See also:winter. The See also:shoulder height is about 3 ft. The See also:species is semi-domesticated in See also:British parks, and occurs See also:wild in western See also:Asia, See also:North See also:Africa, the See also:south of See also:Europe and See also:Sardinia. In prehistoric times it occurred throughout See also: northern and central Europe. One See also:park-breed has no spots. Bucks and does live apart except during the pairing-See also:season; and the doe produces one or two, and sometimes three fawns at a See also:birth. These deer are particularly fond of See also:horse-chestnuts, which the stags are said to endeavour to procure by striking at the branches with their antlers. The See also:Persian fallow-deer (C. [DJ mesopotamicus), a native of the mountains of Luristan, is larger than the typical species, and has a brighter coat, differing in some details of colouring. The antlers have the trez-tine near the small brow-tine, and the palmation beginning near the former. Here may be mentioned the gigantic fossil deer commonly known as the Irish See also:elk, which is perhaps a See also:giant type of fallow-deer, and if so should be known as Cervus (Dama) giganteus. If a distinct type, its See also:title should be C. (Megaceros) giganteus. This deer inhabited See also:Ireland, See also:Great See also:Britain, central and northern Europe, and western Asia in See also:Pleistocene and prehistoric times; and must have stood 6 ft. high at the shoulder. The antlers are greatly palmated and of enormous kize, See also:fine specimens measuring as much as 11 ft. between the tips.
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