Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Bound or attached to the soil: a translation of the Latin adscriptus glebæ.
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Examples
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Well, he had known them crop up in cottage no less than in castle, in croft and toft, and among the soil-bound villein families, too.
The Virgin In The Ice Peters, Ellis, 1913-1995 1982
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Agency to reconsider its approval of a cancer-causing chemical used by farmers in other states to kill soil-bound pests.
Fore, right! 2010
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It was agriculture that allowed us effectively to mine, as well as waste, the soil's carbon and other soil-bound nutrients.
CounterPunch 2009
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It was agriculture that allowed us effectively to mine, as well as waste, the soil's carbon and other soil-bound nutrients.
Signs of the Times 2009
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Furthermore, the soil-bound organic carbon is transformed into carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas which plays a leading role in global warming.
unknown title 2009
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He grew them through constant study of the masters, through copying out in his crabbed and insecure longhand the works that inspired him, through blinding himself to reality and focusing only on what he dreamed, through drinking into the late, wee hours, through channeling his birthright and nationhood and ancient soil-bound spirit.
Salon 2009
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Furthermore, the soil-bound organic carbon is transformed into carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas which plays a leading role in global warming.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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Furthermore, the soil-bound organic carbon is transformed into carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas which plays a leading role in global warming.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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