sod

• Alschiroch fell lifeless on the sod, and Miriam fainting into her brother's arms And there he stood, fixed and immovable, gazing upon his sister's deathly face, and himself exhausted by passion and his exploit, supporting her cherished but senseless body One of the fugitive maidens appeared reconnoitring in the distance. —  Alroy The Prince Of The Captivity
• Rape will feed ravenously on the overturned sod, and wheat and the other small grains will also feed similarly On low lands, especially when they partake of the nature of sloughs, the rotation is different. —  Clovers and How to Grow Them
• On these lands it is usually grown in long rotations for pasture and also for hay, and when the sod is again plowed, it is followed by corn, potatoes, rape, and grains grown for soiling uses, since such land has naturally high adaptation for these. —  Clovers and How to Grow Them
• The same will be true of any small cereal that has special adaptation for being grown on overturned sod, as for instance, flax or oats, or of any crop that revels in the decay of vegetable matter, more especially in the early stages of such decay, as, for instance, potatoes and rape. —  Clovers and How to Grow Them
• The natives have kept the figure ever since carved white on the hillside by the simple process of digging away the surface earth and sod, and leaving the underlying chalk exposed Stonehenge, situated in the middle of the plain, is one of the weirdest and most interesting sights of England. —  On the Fringe of the Great Fight

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