uncultivated ground
1Goodman’s Ground — (Guidman’s Grunde) In Scottish lore, a portion of farmland that is left uncultivated and ungrazed. The offering of Goodman’s Ground was intended to avert misfortune, especially diseases among cattle. Other names were the Halyman’s Rig, the… …
2Bethsaida — (/IPA|bɛθ.seɪ i.da/; Βηθσαΐδά, Bēthsaidá, Bet shayid “house of fishing”) Bethsaida Julias A city east of the Jordan River, in a “desert place” (that is, uncultivated ground used for grazing) possibly the site at which Jesus miraculously fed the… …
3Routhorn — This very uncommon name is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is a locational surname deriving either from the place in Derbyshire called Rowthorn, near Mansfield, or from some minor, unrecorded, or now lost place, believed to have been situated in… …
4Rowthorn — This very uncommon name is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is a locational surname deriving either from the place in Derbyshire called Rowthorn, near Mansfield, or from some minor, unrecorded, or now lost place, believed to have been situated in… …
5Rowthorne — This very uncommon name is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is a locational surname deriving either from the place in Derbyshire called Rowthorn, near Mansfield, or from some minor, unrecorded, or now lost place, believed to have been situated in… …
6Duthil — DUTHIL, a parish, chiefly in the county of Elgin, but partly in that of Inverness, 2 miles (N. E. by E.) from Carr Bridge, including the late quoad sacra district of Rothiemurchus, and containing 1769 inhabitants. This place, which was… …
7warren — noun Etymology: Middle English wareine, from Anglo French warenne, garenne Date: 14th century 1. chiefly British a. a place legally authorized for keeping small game (as hare or pheasant) b. the privilege of hunting game in such a warren 2. a.… …
8Fringford — infobox UK place country = England static static image caption= latitude= 51.9532 longitude= 1.1225 official name =Fringford population = shire district= shire county= Oxfordshire metropolitan borough= metropolitan county = region=South East… …
9barren — barrenly, adv. barrenness, n. /bar euhn/, adj. 1. not producing or incapable of producing offspring; sterile: a barren woman. 2. unproductive; unfruitful: barren land. 3. without capacity to interest or attract: a barren period in American… …
10broom — /broohm, broom/, n. 1. an implement for sweeping, consisting of a brush of straw or stiff strands of synthetic material bound tightly to the end of a long handle. 2. any shrubby plant belonging to the genus Genista or the genus Cytisus, of the… …
