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husbandry

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hus⋅band⋅ry

  [huhz-buhn-dree]
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–noun
1. the cultivation and production of edible crops or of animals for food; agriculture; farming.
2. the science of raising crops or food animals.
3. careful or thrifty management; frugality, thrift, or conservation.
4. the management of domestic affairs or of resources generally.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME housebondrie. See husband, -ry
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hus·band·ry   (hŭz'bən-drē)   
n.  

    1. The act or practice of cultivating crops and breeding and raising livestock; agriculture.

    2. The application of scientific principles to agriculture, especially to animal breeding.

  2. Careful management or conservation of resources; economy.


[Middle English husbondri, from huseband, husband; see husband.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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