Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Land newly broken up and plowed.

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Examples

  • He noted the lizards slipping through the stones; he saw where the wheel of a wagon had crushed some wild flower-growth; he heard the far call of a milkmaid to the cattle; he caught the sweet breath of decaying verdure, and through all, the fresh, biting air of the new-land autumn, pleasantly stinging his face.

    Carnac's Folly, Complete Gilbert Parker 1897

  • He noted the lizards slipping through the stones; he saw where the wheel of a wagon had crushed some wild flower-growth; he heard the far call of a milkmaid to the cattle; he caught the sweet breath of decaying verdure, and through all, the fresh, biting air of the new-land autumn, pleasantly stinging his face.

    Carnac's Folly, Volume 1. Gilbert Parker 1897

  • He noted the lizards slipping through the stones; he saw where the wheel of a wagon had crushed some wild flower-growth; he heard the far call of a milkmaid to the cattle; he caught the sweet breath of decaying verdure, and through all, the fresh, biting air of the new-land autumn, pleasantly stinging his face.

    The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

  • Sometimes we came upon small clearings, where tired-looking men were grubbing new-land for tobacco, and I remember that a half-grown boy, with a sullen look, threw a chunk at us and viciously shouted that if we would stop a minute he would whip both of us.

    The Jucklins A Novel Opie Percival Read 1895

  • All this new land had been proved to be exceedingly prolific of wheat, the great new-land crop.

    The Passing of the Frontier; a chronicle of the old West Emerson Hough 1890

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