See also:

• HOE (through Fr. houe from O.H.G. houwd, mod. Ger. Haue; the root is seen in " hew," to cut, cleave; the word must be distinguished from " hoe," promontory, tongue of land, seen in place names, e.g. Morthoe, Luton Hoo, the Hoe at Plymouth, &c. ; this is t
• HOE, RICHARD MARCH (1812-1886)

HOE (through Fr. houe from O.H.G. houwd, mod. Ger. Haue; the See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root is seen in " hew," to cut, cleave; the word must be distinguished from " hoe," promontory, See also:

• TONGUE (O. Eng. lunge)

tongue of See also:

• LAND

land, seen in See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place names, e.g. Morthoe, See also:

• LUTON

Luton Hoo, the Hoe at See also:

• PLYMOUTH
• PLYMOUTH, EARLS OF

Plymouth, &c. ; this is t  he same as See also:

• NORTHERN

Northern See also:

• ENGLISH

English " heugh " and is connected with " hang "), an agricultural and gardening See also:

• IMPLEMENT (Lat. implementum, a filling up, from implere, to fill)

implement used for extirpating weeds, for stirring the See also:

• SURFACE

surface-See also:

• SOIL

soil in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to break the capillary channels and so prevent the evaporation of moisture, for singling out turnips and other See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root-crops and similar purposes . Among See also:

• COMMON

common forms of See also:

• HOE (through Fr. houe from O.H.G. houwd, mod. Ger. Haue; the root is seen in " hew," to cut, cleave; the word must be distinguished from " hoe," promontory, tongue of land, seen in place names, e.g. Morthoe, Luton Hoo, the Hoe at Plymouth, &c. ; this is t
• HOE, RICHARD MARCH (1812-1886)

hoe are the See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary See also:

• GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

garden-hoe (numbered 1 in fig . I), which consists of a See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat blade set transversely in a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long wooden handle; the Dutch or tlirusthoe (2), which has the blade set into the handle after the See also:

• FASHION (adapted from Fr. facon, agon, Lat. factio, making, facere, to do or make)

fashion of a See also:

• SPADE

spade; and the See also:

• SWAN (A. S. swan and swan, Icel. svanr, Du. zwaart, Ger. Schwan)
• SWAN, J
• SWAN, JOHN MACALLAN (1847-1910)
• SWAN, SIR JOSEPH WILSON (1828– )

swan-See also:

• NECK (O. Eng. hnecca; the word appears in many Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch ride, Ger. Nacken; in O. E. the common word was heals; cf. Ger. Hals)

neck hoe (3), the best See also:

• MANUAL

manual hoe for agricultural purposes, which has a long curved neck to attach the blade to the handle; the soil falls back over this, blocking is thus avoided and a longer stroke obtained . Several types of See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse-See also:

• DRAWN

drawn hoe capable of working one or more rows at a See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time are used among root and See also:

• GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain crops . The illustrations show two forms of the implement, the See also:

• BLADES, WILLIAM (1824-1890)

blades of which differ in shape from those of the garden-hoe . Fig . 2 is in ordinary use for hoeing between two lines of beans or turnips or other " roots." Fig . 3 is adapted for the narrow rows of grain crops and is also convertible into a root-hoe . In the See also:

• LEVER (through O. Fr. leveour, levere, mod. levier, from Lat. levare, to lift, raise)
• LEVER, CHARLES JAMES (1806-1872)

lever-hoe, which is largely used in grain crops, the blades may be raised and lowered by means of a lever . The horse-drawn hoe is steered by means of handles in the See also:

• REAR

rear, but its successful working depends on accurate drilling of the See also:

• SEED (from the root seen in Lat. serere, to sow)

seed, because unless the rows are parallel the roots of the See also:

• PLANTS

plants are liable to be cut and the foliage injured . Thus See also:

• JETHRO (or JETHER, Exod. iv. 18)

Jethro See also:

• TULL, JETHRO (1674-1741)

Tull (17th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century), with whose name the beginning of TTi lieuaiitdli''iEWIl` i lt7uh 1IliI the practice of horse-hoeing is principally connected, used the See also:

• DRILL

drill which he invented as an essential See also:

• ADJUNCT (from Lat. ad, to, and jungere, to join)

adjunct in the so-called " Horse-hoeing Husbandry " (see See also:

• AGRICULTURE
• AGRICULTURE (from Lat. ages, field, and colere, to cultivate)
• AGRICULTURE, BOARD OF

AGRICULTURE) .