Tilly a.

[f. TILL sb.² + -Y.] Abounding in, or of the nature of, till or tenacious clay.

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1799. J. Robertson, Agric. Perth, 14. Houses composed of this mortar or tilly clay.

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1812. Sir J. Sinclair, Syst. Husb. Scot., I. 227. Stiff stubborn tilly land.

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1844. Stephens, Bk. Farm, I. 169. Clay, and tilly clay even more than the unctuous, retains a great deal of water.

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