A form of land tenure and small-scale food production, unique to the Highlands and islands of Scotland, in which individual crofts are established on the better land while a large area of poor-quality hill ground is shared by all the crofters of the township for grazing.
The process of exposing linen to the sun, on the grass, in the process of bleaching.
Cultivation.
A group of bacteria.
The arts, customs, lifestyles, background, and habits that characterize humankind, or a particular society or nation.
The conventional conducts and ideologies of a community; the system comprising the accepted norms and values of a society.
The details on a map that do not represent natural features of the area delineated, such as names and the symbols for towns, roads, meridians, and parallels.
Any knowledge passed from one generation to the next, not necessarily with respect to human beings.
The process of growing a bacterial or other biological entity in an artificial medium.
The growth thus produced.
The beliefs, values, behaviour and material objects that constitute a people's way of life.
A recurring assemblage of artifacts from a specific time and place that may constitute the material culture remains of a particular past human society.
Ethnicity, race (and its associated arts, customs, etc.)
to maintain in an environment suitable for growth (especially of bacteria) (compare cultivate)
to increase the artistic or scientific interest (in something) (compare cultivate)