hoe
noun
a long-handled implement having a thin, flat blade usually set transversely, used to break up the surface of the ground, destroy weeds, etc.
unhoed
-
a word derived from
hoe.
Example Sentences
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Known for her penchant for digressions and tangents, Solnit leaves no row unhoed as she simultaneously explores the roots of Orwell’s prolific literary output and the fecund history of roses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2021
It may be expected that the hotter soil—the unhoed plot—will also be drier than the others, and this can be found out by a simple experiment.
From Lessons on Soil by E. J. Russell
Because when hoed, thereby disturbing capillary action, he found less moisture than when unhoed, in surface soil.
From The Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56, No. 2, January 12, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside by Various
About the first week in August they return to their villages and gather their crops, which have been left unhoed and unfenced all the season.
From Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi by David Ives Bushnell
Hence the waters are waste and the fields are mostly unhoed.
From The Land of Midian — Volume 1 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
