Tull

noun

Jethro (ˈdʒɛθrəʊ). 1674–1741, English agriculturalist, who invented the seed drill

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It was on his farm of Howberry that Tull invented and perfected his drill in the year 1701.
Makers of Modern Agriculture
William Macdonald
Tull died in the month of March, in the year 1740, at the age of sixty-six.
Makers of Modern Agriculture
William Macdonald
When we got tull sea, I found he hod no receipt for the cable.
The Strength of the Strong
Jack London
Young's opinion of the labouring man, like Tull's, was not a high one. '
A Short History of English Agriculture
W. H. R. Curtler
Evidently our Farmer had been reading on the subject, for in his diary he quotes what "Tull speaking of lucerne, says."
George Washington: Farmer
Paul Leland Haworth

Tull

Examples from the Web for tull

Historical Examples

It was on his farm of Howberry that Tull invented and perfected his drill in the year 1701.

Tull died in the month of March, in the year 1740, at the age of sixty-six.

When we got tull sea, I found he hod no receipt for the cable.

Young's opinion of the labouring man, like Tull's, was not a high one. '

Evidently our Farmer had been reading on the subject, for in his diary he quotes what "Tull speaking of lucerne, says."