fallowness
1Fallowness — Fal low*ness, n. A well or opening, through the successive floors of a warehouse or manufactory, through which goods are raised or lowered. [U.S.] Bartlett. [1913 Webster] …
2fallowness — fallow ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of farmland) ploughed and harrowed but left for a period without being sown. 2) characterized by inactivity. 3) (of a sow) not pregnant. ► NOUN ▪ a piece of fallow land. DERIVATIVES fallowness noun …
3fallowness — noun see fallow IV …
4fallowness — See fallow. * * * …
5fallowness — noun The state or quality of being fallow …
6fallowness — fal·low·ness …
7fallowness — noun ( es) Etymology: fallow (V) + ness archaic : the state of being unused or unworked …
8ECONOMIC HISTORY — This article is arranged according to the following outline: first temple period exile and restoration second temple period talmudic era muslim middle ages medieval christendom economic doctrines early modern period sephardim and ashkenazim… …
9fallow — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English falow, from Old English fealu; akin to Old High German falo pale, fallow, Latin pallēre to be pale, Greek polios gray Date: before 12th century of a light yellowish brown color II. noun Etymology: Middle… …
10fallow — fallow1 fallowness, n. /fal oh/, adj. 1. (of land) plowed and left unseeded for a season or more; uncultivated. 2. not in use; inactive: My creative energies have lain fallow this year. n. 3. land that has undergone plowing and harrowing and has… …
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