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swidden — [swid′ n] adj. SLASH AND BURN … English World dictionary
swidden — /swid n/, n. a plot of land cleared for farming by burning away vegetation. [1951; special use of dial. (N England) swidden area of moor from which vegetation has been burned off, n. use of swidden, swithen to singe < ON svithna to be singed,… … Universalium
swidden — swid•den [[t]ˈswɪd n[/t]] n. ant agr. a plot of land cleared for farming by burning away vegetation • Etymology: 1951; earlier E dial. swidden burned area of moor < ON svithna to be singed … From formal English to slang
swidden — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: English dialect, burned clearing, probably from Old Norse svithinn, past participle of svitha to burn, singe Date: circa 1868 a temporary agricultural plot produced by cutting back and burning off… … New Collegiate Dictionary
swidden — [ swɪd(ə)n] noun the practice of clearing land for cultivation by slashing and burning vegetation. ↘an area of land cleared in this way. Origin C18 (as v.): var. of dialect swithen to burn … English new terms dictionary
swidden — swid·den … English syllables
swidden — /ˈswɪdn/ (say swidn) noun a field cleared from the forest, used to grow crops until the soil is exhausted, and then abandoned. {Scandinavian} …
swidden — ˈswidən noun ( s) Etymology: English dialect, burned clearing, probably from Old Norse svithinn, past participle of svītha to burn, singe : an impermanent agricultural plot produced by cutting back and burning off vegetative cover called also… … Useful english dictionary
Переложное земледелие — (swidden agriculture)Swidden agriculture, система земледелия, обычно подсечно огневого, применяемая в тропиках … Страны мира. Словарь
Laotian society — is above all else characterized by semi independent rural villages engaged in subsistence agricultural production. Ethnic, geographic, and ecological differences create variations in the pattern of village life from one part of the country to… … Wikipedia
