Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Till \Till\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tilled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tilling}.] [OE. tilen, tilien, AS. tilian, teolian, to aim,
strive for, till; akin to OS. tilian to get, D. telen to
propagate, G. zielen to aim, ziel an end, object, and perhaps
also to E. tide, time, from the idea of something fixed or
definite. Cf. {Teal}, {Till}, prep..]
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.] --W. Browne.
Source : WordNet®
tilled
adj : turned or stirred by plowing or harrowing or hoeing; "tilled
land ready for seed"