friability
Americannoun
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Two days of sharp frost succeed, and the rain-soaked earth is reduced to the necessary degree of friability.
From All in It : K(1) Carries On A Continuation of the First Hundred Thousand by Ian Hay
This improves the soil both in plant food and in friability, which promotes summer pulverization and saves moisture from summer evaporation.
From One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered by Edward J. (Edward James) Wickson
Hard nodules or definite loss of substance, extreme friability and bleeding after slight manipulation, are suspicious.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various
These in their decay further influence favorably that friability which is so desirable in soils that are cultivated, and as previously stated, the long, deep roots in their decay exercise a salutary influence on drainage.
From Clovers and How to Grow Them by Thomas Shaw
It is nearly dry, of a perfectly white color, and chalky friability.
From Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
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