Untilled
121lea — (n.) O.E. leah open field, meadow, piece of untilled ground, earlier læch, recorded in place names, from P.Gmc. *laukhaz (Cf. O.H.G. loh cluster of bushes, and probably also Flem. loo, which forms the second element in Waterloo), from PIE *louquo …
122patio — (n.) 1818, inner court open to the sky, from Sp. patio probably from O.Prov. patu, pati untilled land, communal pasture, from L. pactum agreement (see PACT (Cf. pact)). Another theory traces the Spanish word to L. patere to lie open. Meaning… …
123sabbatical — 1640s, of or suitable for the Sabbath, from L. sabbaticus, from Gk. sabbatikos of the Sabbath (see SABBATH (Cf. Sabbath)). Meaning a year s absence granted to researchers (originally one year in seven, to university professors) first recorded… …
124lea — lÉªË n. meadow, field; land used as pasture land for a period of time and then plowed under in order to grow a crop; measure of length (for fabric, yarn, etc.) adj. unplowed, untilled; plowed but unplanted (of a field) …
125leas — lÉªË n. meadow, field; land used as pasture land for a period of time and then plowed under in order to grow a crop; measure of length (for fabric, yarn, etc.) adj. unplowed, untilled; plowed but unplanted (of a field) …
126cloot — the devil Literally, one of the divisions of a cloven hoof, a physical characteristic shared by Satan and cattle. Also as clootie: I hate ye as I hate auld Cloot. (Barr, 1861) Auld Hornie, Satan, Nick, or Clootie, (ibid.) Clootie …
127old — or auld is a prefix to numerous nicknames, or names for Nick1, the devil, who was liable to appear if you spoke about him directly: whence our expression talk of the devil, if a person about whom we have been speaking in his absence comes into …
128uncultivated — a. 1. Untilled, uncultured. 2. Rude, uncivilized, unlettered, ignorant, unpolished, uneducated, uncultured. 3. Wild, savage, rough, sylvan …
