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When we tedded the hayfield, I raked ilka rig o't,

The Modern Scottish Minstrel , Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Various

The field was afterwards “tedded,” i.e., the grass was tossed about by a machine, which again passed over the nest, still leaving her unscathed and unmoved.

Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter James Conway Walter

To cure it thus, it is usually tedded once or twice after it has lost some of its moisture.

Clovers and How to Grow Them Thomas Shaw 1880

Ordinarily, when the weather is bright, alsike clover along with timothy may be cut in the forenoon, tedded once or twice soon after cutting, raked into small winrows the same evening and stored away the following afternoon.

Clovers and How to Grow Them Thomas Shaw 1880

It is impossible to state any fixed time that hay must have to cure, this depending, of course, upon the weather, thickness of the crop, and many other circumstances; but it is well known that in order to preserve the color and aroma of hay it should be turned or tedded frequently and cured as quickly as possible.

Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877

In the meantime, the Vicar also wanted a _facsimile_ of his hayfield, as it looked when the haymakers were among the tedded grass, or under the

Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes Sarah Tytler 1870

As she was returning, her eye fell on the folds of an object fluttering among the tedded grass.

Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes Sarah Tytler 1870

Here, too, in all directions, the hay-fields lay, either in green swathes, or tedded, or in the luxuriously-scented quiles.

John Halifax, Gentleman Dinah Maria Mulock Craik 1856

Crossing several fields, newly mown, or filled with lines of tedded hay, she arrived, not without great exertion, at the summit of a hill.

Jack Sheppard A Romance William Harrison Ainsworth 1843

Amidst the fragrant reed and the wild-flower, still sweet though fading, and tufts of tedded grass, all of which, when crushed beneath the foot, sent

The Disowned — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838