Till, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tilled p. pr. & vb. n. Tilling.]
1. To plow and prepare for seed, and to sow, dress, raise crops from, etc., to cultivate; as, to till the earth, a field, a farm.
No field nolde [would not] tilye. --P. Plowman.
the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. --Gen. iii. 23.
2. To prepare; to get. [Obs.]
tilling
n : cultivation of the land in order to raise crops