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husbandry (iou)



husbandry noun. ME.
[from HUSBAND noun + -RY.]
The administration and management of a household; domestic economy. ME-M17.
Shakespeare Merchant of Venice Lorenzo, I commit into your hands The husbandry and manage of my house.
b. gen. Occupation, business. E-M17.
Tillage or cultivation of the ground; agriculture; farming. ME.
animal husbandry the science of breeding and caring for farm animals. crop husbandry the science of growing and harvesting crops.
C. Francis Good management and wise husbandry are the cornerstones of bountiful harvesting. Z. Medvedev There are...agricultural research institutes, one of which studies sheep and goat husbandry.
Household goods; agricultural produce; land under cultivation; the body of husbandmen on an estate. ME-L17.
Shakespeare Henry V All her husbandry doth lie on heaps, corrupting in it own fertility.
a. Careful management, thrift, economy. LME.
R. W. Emerson Reform has no gratitude, no prudence, no husbandry.
b. With qualifying adjective: good, bad, etc., management of resources. M16.
Bolingbroke The excessive ill husbandry practiced from the very beginning of King William's reign.