American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2

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Author: Noah Webster

Pasture

P`ASTURE, n. [L. pasco, pastum, to feed.]

1. Grass for the food of cattle; the food of cattle taken by grazing.

2. Ground covered with grass appropriated for the food or cattle. The farmer has a hundred acres of pasture. It is sometimes called pasture-land.

3. Human culture; education. [Not used.]

Common of pasture, is the right of feeding cattle on another’s ground.

P`ASTURE, v.t. To feed on grass or to supply grass for food. We apply the word to persons, as the farmer pastures fifty oxen; or to ground, as the land will pasture fifty oxen.

P`ASTURE, v.i. To graze; to take food by eating grass from the ground.

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Chicago: Noah Webster Jr., "Pasture," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed April 25, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4YUSUILIIULKUJB.

MLA: Webster, Noah, Jr. "Pasture." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 25 Apr. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4YUSUILIIULKUJB.

Harvard: Webster, N, 'Pasture' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 25 April 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4YUSUILIIULKUJB.