farming

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

F'ARMING, participle present tense 1. Letting or leasing land on rent reserved, or duties and imposts at a certain rate per cent. 2. Taking on lease. 3. Cultivating land; carrying on the business of agriculture. F'ARMING, noun The business of cultivating land.
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