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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1743
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†UNDERFUR, adj. Under the furrow, applied to a method of sowing seed in a drill and covering it over with the plough.Sc. 1743 R. Maxwell Select Trans. 34:
Sow the Rye above the Dung, plow it down with an ebb Furr, (which is termed under-fur Sowing).
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