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The depth to which the blade of a spade goes into the soil when it is used for digging; a layer of soil of the depth of a spade's blade. / The amount of soil that a spade holds; a spadeful.

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spit

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spit

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/spɪt/

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The depth to which the blade of a spade goes into the soil when it is used for digging; a layer of soil of the depth of a spade's blade. / The amount of soil that a spade holds; a spadeful.

Japanese Meaning

鋤の刃が土に食い込む深さ、またはその深さ分の土層 / 鋤が保持する土、すなわち一掘り分の土

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Before planting, she measured the spit to make sure the seedlings' roots would reach the moist soil.

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植え付ける前に、彼女はスコップの刃が土に入る深さを測って、苗の根が湿った土に届くか確認した。

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The depth to which the blade of a spade goes into the soil when it is used for digging; a layer of soil of the depth of a spade's blade.

They [the potatoes] ſtood till October, when they were taken up, and a large pye made of them; which is laying them up in a heap, and covering them with ſtraw and a ſpit of earth.

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The amount of soil that a spade holds; a spadeful.

Dig your clay with a ſpade in ſpits of ordinary bricks; dig two, three, eight, ten or twenty loads of clay, more or leſs as you pleaſe; … then take theſe ſpits of clay, after they are tried in the ſun, ſurround your pile of wood with them, …

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