top-dress
to manure (land) on the surface.
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How to use top-dress in a sentence
You may leave them undisturbed for years, but if you can top-dress them in autumn so much the better.
The Children's Book of Gardening | Mrs. Alfred SidgwickIn fall, top-dress the Lawn with commercial fertilizer at the rate of 500 pounds to the acre.
The Practical Garden-Book | C. E. HunnAfter this I top-dress heavy with manure, leaving it lie on the land until spring.
Asparagus, its culture for home use and for market: | F. M. HexamerGenerally, by using it on wheat and other crops, the farmer will save manure enough to top dress his meadows.
Guano | Solon Robinson
British Dictionary definitions for top-dress
(tr) to spread manure or fertilizer on the surface of (land) without working it into the soil
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