Fallow

fal′ō, adj. left untilled or unsowed for a time.— n. land that has lain a year or more untilled or unsown after having been ploughed.— v.t. to plough land without seeding it.— ns. Fall′owne , state of being fallow or untilled; Green fall′ow , fallow where land is cleaned by a green crop, as turnips. [Ety. dub.; prob. an a umed A.S. fealgian , that may be confounded with the following word, from the reddish colour of unsown land.]