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Scuffle - 2

Parf of speech: Verb, OED Year: 1766, OED Evaluation: N/A

To scarify or stir the surface (of land) with a thrust-hoe or horse-hoe; to hoe (a crop), cup up (weeds), turn in (seed) by means of a scuffle or scuffler.

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didn't- the only- the only riding I had done before that- if- if Dad scuffled the garden, then you'd only be using one horse and he'd let me ride on Duke's back when he scuffled the garden.
To scarify or stir the surface (of land) with a thrust-hoe or horse-hoe; to hoe (a crop), cup up (weeds), turn in (seed) by means of a scuffle or scuffler.