acres

1) (an area of land, including buildings, used for growing crops, breeding and keeping cows, sheep, pigs etc: Much of England is good agricultural land and there are many farms.) gård, gårdsbruk

2) (the farmer's house and the buildings near it in such a place: We visited the farm; ( also adjective) a farm kitchen.) gårdsbygninger

- farmer

subst. \/fɑːm\/

1) gård(sbruk), bondegård, (større) farm (spesielt i USA)

• farm building

• farm worker

• work on the farm

2) våningsbygning, våningshus, gårdshus

3) farm for dyreoppdrett

4) ( historisk) forpaktningssum, bortforpaktning, forpaktningsdistrikt

5) (sport, spesielt amer.) forklaring: mindre treningsklubb organisert av større klubb

• farm team

• farm club

buy the farm (slang, amer.) dø, bli drept

buy back the farm (austr.) forklaring: innføre tiltak mot utenlandske oppkjøp av et lands selskaper

farm belt (amer.) jordbruksbygd

funny farm ( hverdagslig) galehus, psykiatrisk sykehus

• sometimes I think they ought to send my mother to the funny farm

sell off the farm (austr.) forklaring: selge et lands aktiva til utenlandske interesser

the Farm Belt (amer.) jordbruksstatene i midtvesten

verb \/fɑːm\/

1) drive gård, drive jordbruk, dyrke

• farm land

• he farms 200 acres

• farm one's own land

• he is farming in South Africa

2) ale (opp), drive med oppdrett

• he is farming fish

3) ( inkasseringsoppdrag e.l.) forpakte, ha i forpaktning

4) ( også farm out) forpakte bort, leie ut (arbeidskraft)

5) ( om fosterbarn) sette bort

farm out leie ut, forpakte bort utlevere, sette ut (arbeid) ( om fosterbarn) sette bort

1) (to place, set or put (down), often carefully: She laid the clothes in a drawer / on a chair; He laid down his pencil; She laid her report before the committee.) legge (ned)

2) (to place in a lying position: She laid the baby on his back.) legge

3) (to put in order or arrange: She went to lay the table for dinner; to lay one's plans / a trap.) dekke på (bordet); (plan)legge

4) (to flatten: The animal laid back its ears; The wind laid the corn flat.) legge flat

5) (to cause to disappear or become quiet: to lay a ghost / doubts.) få til å legge seg, mane bort

6) ((of a bird) to produce (eggs): The hen laid four eggs; My hens are laying well.) verpe, legge egg

7) (to bet: I'll lay five pounds that you don't succeed.) vedde

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- layer

- layabout

1) (not a member of the clergy: lay preachers.) legmann

2) (not an expert or a professional (in a particular subject): Doctors tend to use words that lay people don't understand.) legfolk

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- layman

ballade

legge

subst. \/leɪ\/

1) stilling, situasjon, posisjon, måten noe ligger på

• know the lay of the land

2) ( om tau) slagning (måte som tauverk er blitt slått på)

3) ( slang) jobb, arbeid, spesialitet, bransje

4) ( sjøfart) forhyring på part eller lott

5) ( sjøfart) andel i hvalfangst e.l.

6) (amer.) pris

7) ( om høner e.l.) verping

8) (slang, nedsettende) kvinnelig seksualpartner

• she is an easy lay

9) (slang, vulgært) nummer (samleie)

10) ( om vev) slagbom

subst. \/ˈleɪ\/ ( poetisk)

1) kvad, sang, ballade, vise

2) fuglesang

verb \/leɪ\/

pret. av ➢ lie, 4

verb ( laid - laid) \/leɪ\/

1) legge, plassere

• lay under water

2) glatte, presse, slette, få til å ligge

• before sewing you must lay the nap of the cloth

3) ( gammeldags eller overført) dempe, stilne, få til å legge seg

• you can't lay the storm

• he wished he could lay the waves

• nothing could lay his fears

4) ( om støv) dempe, binde

• carpets lay the dust

5) dekke, duke, gjøre ferdig, gjøre istand

• lay the table

• lay a fire

6) dekke, dekke over, dekke til, legge på, belegge

• lay a cloth with embroidery

• lay a carpet on the floor

• lay colours on something

• the floor is laid with linoleum

7) ( overført) legge, legge på, ilegge, kaste, gi

• don't lay blame on me

• it was laid to his charge

• lay a penalty on

8) anlegge, bygge, legge, strekke

• lay a road

• lay a pipeline

• lay bricks

9) ( ved gambling) sette, holde, vedde

• I'll lay ten to one that she'll win

• I'll lay my head on that

• I'll lay you £10 that the dark horse will win the race

10) henlegge til, legge til, foregå

• lay the story in Victorian England

• the scene is laid in the bathroom

11) legge frem, forelegge, fremføre, fremlegge

• they laid serious accusations against their partners

12) gjøre opp, tenke ut, bestemme seg for

• lay plans

13) (sjøfart, om tau) slå, legge tauverk

14) ( sjøfart) komme, gå

• lay close to the wind

15) ( slang) ligge med, ha sex

• he's never been laid

16) ( om fugler) verpe, legge egg

get laid ( vulgært) få seg et nummer

be laid up ( hverdagslig) ligge syk, være syk, være sengeliggende, holde sengen, være til sengs

• the flu has laid him up for a few days

lay aback ( sjøfart) brase bakk

lay a bet vedde, vedde på, inngå et veddemål

lay aboard eller lay alongside ( sjøfart) legge seg langsides (løpe tett opp langs siden på et skip for å entre det)

lay about ( hverdagslig) gå løs på, slå vilt rundt seg

• he laid about him

lay a charge anklage, komme med en anklage

lay a course (for) eller lay one's course

(for) ( sjøfart eller overført) holde stø kurs (mot) holde kursen (mot) stikke ut en kurs (mot), sette kurs (for\/mot)

lay against vedde imot

lay a ghost eller lay the ghost glemme vonde minner

lay a gun rette en kanon (mot), rette inn en kanon

lay aloft ( sjøfart) entre (i kommando)

lay an egg ( om tabbe) legge et egg

lay an information against ( jus) angi, inngi anmeldelse på

lay aside legge til side, spare

• lay aside money for a rainy day

reservere, sette av

• lay aside one day for fishing

legge bort, legge fra seg, legge til side

• lay aside the book

gi opp, slutte, legge av seg

• lay aside a bad habit

lay back ( hverdagslig) slappe av, koble av, ta det rolig

lay bare blottlegge, røpe, avsløre, blotte

lay by ( om penger) legge til side, spare ( sjøfart) legge bi

lay claim to gjøre krav på

lay close ( seiling) ligge tett opptil vinden

lay damages at ( jus) fastsette skadeserstatning til, fastsette skadeserstatning

lay down legge ned, legge fra seg

• lay down a book

• she had to lay down her shop

ofre

• he laid down his life for the King and country

• how much are you ready to lay down?

bygge, konstruere, anlegge

• lay down a railway

• the management laid down a number of new rules

• after independence, a new map was laid down

( om lyd) ta opp, spille inn legge ut

• they laid down 100 acres in grass

lagre, legge ned, hermetisere

• figs laid down in syrup

anlegge

• she laid down a wine cellar

lay down one's arms legge ned våpnene, overgi seg

lay dry tørrlegge

lay eyes on ( litterært) kaste sitt blikk på, få øye på

lay fallow ( jordbruk) legge brakk

lay flat slå ned, slå overende jevne med jorden

• lay the city flat

lay for (amer., hverdagslig) snike på, legge seg på lur, legge seg i bakhold, holde seg klar til å slå til

lay hands on angripe legge hendene på for å helbrede få tak i

lay hold of gripe, fange, ta tak i

lay in utstyre seg med, kjøpe inn, hamstre ( sjøfart) legge inn, ta inn

• lay in your oars

( hverdagslig) tildele, få inn

• lay in a blow

lay in (there) ( hverdagslig) holde stø kurs

lay into ( hverdagslig) angripe fysisk eller verbalt gå inn for med liv og sjel

lay it on ( hverdagslig) (overført, også lay it on thick eller lay it on with a trowel)

overdrive, smøre tjukt på irettesette strengt

lay it on the line snakke åpent ut, legge kortene på bordet

lay low slå ned, drepe, begrave slå ut, tvinge til å ligge til sengs

• influenza has laid him low

lay off legge til siden permittere, avskjedige, si opp krysse av, merke av, måle

• lay off plots of land

( hverdagslig) stå over, la være ( hverdagslig) kutte ut, slutte å irritere

• lay off the complaining!

( hesteveddeløp) vedde med en annen bookmaker for å dekke forventet tap i et løp beskytte et veddemål eller risikoprosjekt ved å ta en annen sjanse ( sjøfart) seile fra, legge fra, legge fra land ( sjøfart) ligge utenfor (en havn) ( hverdagslig) ta fri, hvile, hente seg inn ( fotball) sende en pasning

lay on dekke med, applikere, legge på

• lay on a coat of paint

( sjøfart) seile mot ( sjøfart) ro med kraftige tak (britisk, hverdagslig) spandere

• lunch was laid on by the management

• they have got everything laid on

( hverdagslig) ordne, fikse, arrangere

• lay on concerts

( hverdagslig) sette på sporet

• they laid on the hounds

lay one's cards on the table ( overført) legge kortene på bordet

lay oneself open to ( overført) blottstille seg, stille seg lagelig til (for hogg), gi anledning til, åpne for

• he was careful not to lay himself open to attack

lay oneself out ( særlig britisk) anstrenge seg, legge seg i selen

• she's laying herself out to be nice

lay out legge ut, legge frem, legge utover, bre ut

• a magnificent view was laid out before them

stelle et lik, legge på likstrå ( hverdagslig) slå ut, slå sanseløs, slå ihjel legge ut penger, legge penger i anstrenge seg, gjøre en innsats, legge seg i selen planlegge, anlegge

• lay out plans

• lay out a garden

( typografi) lage layout legge ut (i det vide og det brede)

lay over dekke over (amer., slang) overgå (spesielt amer.) hoppe over, utsette (amer.) gjøre et opphold, overnatte, ligge over

lay siege to ( også overført) beleire, invadere

lay someone low (hverdagslig, om sykdom) gjøre noen sengeliggende, svekke noen

lay someone open to utsette noen for en risiko

lay someone to rest ( forskjønnende) legge noen til den siste hvile, stede til hvile, begrave noen

lay something at someone's door ( overført) legge ansvar på noen, legge skyld på noen

lay something on the table (særlig amer.) utsette noe på ubestemt tid, legge noe på hyllen

lay something on thick eller lay something on with a trowel ( hverdagslig) smøre tjukt på

lay store by sette pris på, verdsette

lay to ( sjøfart) legge bi, dreie til ( sjøfart) søke nødhavn angripe (kraftig) bruke krefter, ta i

lay up ( om penger eller verdier) legge (seg opp), samle, spare ( om sykdom e.l.) gjøre sengeliggende, sette ut av spill ( sjøfart) legge i opplag ( sjøfart) legge tauverk, slå ( golf) slå et løst slag for å unngå risiko ( murerfag) sette opp, konstruere ( overført) skaffe seg, pådra seg

• you are laying up problems for yourself

lay waste eller lay something to waste ødelegge, legge øde, rasere

lay waste to ( overført) knuse

lay weight on legge vekt på

adj. \/ˈleɪ\/

lekmanns-, lek-

• he served his community by working as a lay preacher

• that was their lay opinion

1) ((of animals) used to living with people; not wild or dangerous: He kept a tame bear as a pet.) tam

2) (dull; not exciting: My job is very tame.) tam, kjedelig

- tamely

temme

verb \/teɪm\/

1) temme

2) kue

3) dempe, legge bånd på, mildne

• I asked him to tame his ardour

4) dyrke opp, rydde, bryte (opp)

• we have tamed four acres of new land

adj. \/teɪm\/

1) ( om dyr) tam, fredelig, ufarlig, føyelig

• he has a tame monkey

• the cow is a very tame animal

2) tam, medgjørlig, spak, snill og vennlig, harmløs, undergiven, føyelig

• he is a tame little man

3) tam, matt, slapp

• it was a tame game

4) kjedelig, trist, hendelsesfattig

• it is such a tame existence

5) dyrket

• they have 600 acres of tame land

1) (an area of land, including buildings, used for growing crops, breeding and keeping cows, sheep, pigs etc: Much of England is good agricultural land and there are many farms.) landbrug

2) (the farmer's house and the buildings near it in such a place: We visited the farm; ( also adjective) a farm kitchen.) gård; gård-

- farmer

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1) (an area of land, including buildings, used for growing crops, breeding and keeping cows, sheep, pigs etc: Much of England is good agricultural land and there are many farms.) landbrug

2) (the farmer's house and the buildings near it in such a place: We visited the farm; ( also adjective) a farm kitchen.) gård; gård-

- farmer

1) (wood, especially for building: This house is built of timber.) træ

2) (trees suitable for this: a hundred acres of good timber.) tømmer

3) (a wooden beam used in the building of a house, ship etc.) bjælke

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1) (wood, especially for building: This house is built of timber.) træ

2) (trees suitable for this: a hundred acres of good timber.) tømmer

3) (a wooden beam used in the building of a house, ship etc.) bjælke

['eikə] n 1 acre: medida agrária equivalente a 4.046,84 m². 2 acres terras, propriedades. broad acres terras extensas, grandes propriedades. God’s acre cemitério.

['eikəridʒ] n 1 área medida em acres. 2 terras vendidas por acres.

[f'ɔridʒeikə] n acre de pasto: área total multiplicada pela porcentagem da superfície útil. Exemplo: 10 acres x 30% de pasto = 3 acres de pasto.

{lɔ:d}
I. 1. господар, стопанин, повелител, владетел, крал, сюзерен, индустриален магнат
LORD of the manor феодал
LORD of the soil земевладелец
LORD of few acres собственик на няколко декара
our sovereign LORD кралят
2. лорд, пер
the LORDs spiritual висши духовници, членове на Камарата на лордовете
LORDs temporal лордове, членове на Камарата на лордовете
the (House of) LORD s Камарата на лордовете
My LORD милорд (обръщение към лорд, граф, епископ, върховен съдия)
First LORD of the Admiralty министър на флотата
First Sea LORD воен. мор. командуващ военноморските сили на Великобритания
3. обик. the LORD господ, бог
our LORD Исус Христос
the LORD's day света неделя
the LORD's prayer (молитвата) Отче наш
in the year of our LORD 1882 в лято господне 1882
L.! LORD bless me/my soul! LORD have mercy! int боже мой! господи
4. мъж, съпруг
LORD and master шег. съпруг и повелител. благоверният (ми съпруг)
LORD of creation човекът
pl. шег. мъжете (за разлика от жените)
to live like a LORD pl живея на широка нога
II. 1. to LORD it важнича
to LORD it over държа се властно, разпореждам се
2. давам титла лорд
3. титулувам (някого) лорд

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{lъ:d} n 1. господар, стопанин; повелител; владетел; крал; сюзер(2) {lъ:d} v 1. to lord it важнича; to lord it over държа се властно,

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велможа; господ; лорд;

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Lord ( High) Chancellor[´lɔ:d(´hai)´tʃa:nsələ] n лорд-канцлер, говорител на Камарата на лордовете, глава на съдебната власт и пазител на държавния печат.

{lɔ:d}
I. 1. господар, стопанин, повелител, владетел, крал, сюзерен, индустриален магнат
LORD of the manor феодал
LORD of the soil земевладелец
LORD of few acres собственик на няколко декара
our sovereign LORD кралят
2. лорд, пер
the LORDs spiritual висши духовници, членове на Камарата на лордовете
LORDs temporal лордове, членове на Камарата на лордовете
the (House of) LORD s Камарата на лордовете
My LORD милорд (обръщение към лорд, граф, епископ, върховен съдия)
First LORD of the Admiralty министър на флотата
First Sea LORD воен. мор. командуващ военноморските сили на Великобритания
3. обик. the LORD господ, бог
our LORD Исус Христос
the LORD's day света неделя
the LORD's prayer (молитвата) Отче наш
in the year of our LORD 1882 в лято господне 1882
L.! LORD bless me/my soul! LORD have mercy! int боже мой! господи
4. мъж, съпруг
LORD and master шег. съпруг и повелител. благоверният (ми съпруг)
LORD of creation човекът
pl. шег. мъжете (за разлика от жените)
to live like a LORD pl живея на широка нога
II. 1. to LORD it важнича
to LORD it over държа се властно, разпореждам се
2. давам титла лорд
3. титулувам (някого) лорд

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{lъ:d} n 1. господар, стопанин; повелител; владетел; крал; сюзер(2) {lъ:d} v 1. to lord it важнича; to lord it over държа се властно,

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велможа; господ; лорд;

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lord[lɔ:d] I. n 1. лорд, пер; the \lords spiritual епископи, членове на Камарата на лордовете; \lords temporal лордове, членове на Камарата на лордовете; Lords разг. Камарата на лордовете; My L. милорд (обръщение към лорд, граф, епископ, върховен съдия в съда); 2. господар, управник, повелител, владетел, крал; сюзерен; индустриален магнат; \lord of the manor феодал; \lord paramount сюзерен; \lord and master съпруг и повелител, "благоверният"; господар, главатар; 3. употребява се към звание на длъжност, без лицето да има лордска титла (шег. paper L.); First L. of the Admiralty министър на флота; L. High Treasurer ист. пазител на хазната; L. Chief Justice Председател на Отделението на Кралската банка на Висшия съд; L. Justice of Appeal съдия в апелативния съд; Lords of Appeal in Ordinary назначаеми членове на Камарата на лордовете по разглеждане на апелации; L. of the Bedchamber главен камериер на крал; L. in waiting главен камериер на кралицата; 4. Господ, Бог (обикн. the L.); our L. Христос; the L.'s day света неделя; the L.'s Table олтар в църква; евхаристия, причастие; the L.'s prayer Отче наш; in the year of our L. първата година от летоброенето, в лето господне; L.! L. bless me (us, you)! L. have mercy! Боже (мой)! Господи! L. bless my soul! Господи! L. knows if... един Господ знае дали; the L. Harry разг. дявол, сатана; 5. мъж, съпруг; \lords of creation поет. човечеството, човешкият род; шег. мъжете (противоп. жените); • drunk as a \lord кьоркютук пиян; to live like a \lord живея нашироко; II. v 1.: to \lord it важнича; to \lord it over държа се властно, разпореждам се; 2. давам титла лорд; 3. наричам, титулувам някого "лорд".

n с.г.

1) обробіток землі (фунту); бранка

2) якість обробітку

3) структура фунту

4) рілля, орна земля

5) верхній, зораний шар землі

6) урожай

7) утворення, розвиток

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n; с-г

1) обробка ґрунту; оранка

2) рілля; оброблювана або орна земля

3) верхній, поораний шар землі

4) icт. врожай

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[English Word] acre

[English Plural] acres

[Swahili Word] eka

[Swahili Plural] eka

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

[Note] Engl.

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[English Word] acre

[English Plural] acres

[Swahili Word] ekari

[Swahili Plural] ekari

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

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vi +prep obj

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   Large farms and landed estates, generally south of the Tagus River. Located mainly but not exclusively in the Alentejo district, southeast of Lisbon, these large, landed estates originated in Roman and then Muslim times and, by the 19th century, were characterized by absentee landowners and vast estates of thousands of acres farmed by landless peasants who provided much of the labor. Concentrated in the wheat-growing Alentejo district, the latifúndio represented a chronic, severe social and economic problem that many successive governments failed to address or to solve. Agrarian reform attempts in the late monarchy, the First Republic, and the Estado Novo failed to deal decisively with the latifúndio problem.

   A mere handful of well-off families, sometimes resident in the towns or in Lisbon, owned most of the land, while most of the work on this land, a crucial food-producing area of Portugal, was performed by poor peasants with little or no access to land ownership. Sporadic forcible occupation of land on a small scale by farm workers occurred during the First Republic, but the authorities soon repressed it. During the Revolution of 25 April 1974, about 1,136,363 hectares (2.5 million acres) of latifúndio were forcibly occupied by farm workers and political supporters, and a program of land ownership redistribution and sharing was initiated. Agrarian reform efforts regarding both minifúndio and latifúndio have continued.

    See also Agriculture; Minifúndios.

SUBJECT AREA: Agricultural and food technology

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Born in Missouri, George Berry moved to a 4,000 acre (1,600 hectare) farm at Lindsay in California, and between 1881 and 1886 built himself a steam-driven combine harvester. Berry's machine was the first self-propelled harvester and the first to use straw as a fuel. A single boiler powered two engines: a 26 hp (19 kW) Mitchell Fisher engine provided the forward drive, whilst a 6 hp (4 kW) Westinghouse engine drove the threshing mechanism. Cleaned straw was passed by conveyor back to the firebox, where it provided the main fuel. The original machine had a 22 ft cut, but a later machine extended this to 40 ft and harvested 50 acres a day, although on one occasion it achieved the distinction of being the first harvester to cut over 100 acres in one day. The traction engine used for motive power was removable and was used after harvest for ploughing. It was the first engine to be capable of forward and reverse motion.

In later life Berry moved into politics, becoming a member of the California Senate for Inyo and Tulare in the 1890s.

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SUBJECT AREA: Agricultural and food technology, Textiles

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Although his father was a farmer, at the age of 10 Samuel Marsden went to work as a blacksmith, and continued in that trade for ten years. He then decided to go into the Church, was educated at Hull Grammar School and Cambridge, and was ordained in 1793. He then emigrated to Australia, where he took up an appointment as Assistant Chaplain to the Colony. He was stationed at Parramatta, where he was granted 100 acres and bought a further 128 acres himself. In 1800 he became Principal Chaplain, and by 1802 he farmed the third largest farm in the colony. Initially he was able to obtain only two Marino rams and was forced to crossbreed with imported Indian stock. However, with this combination he was able to improve wool quality dramatically, and this stock provided the basis of his breeding stock. In 1807 he returned to Britain, taking 160 lb of wool with him. This was woven into 40 yards (36.5 m) of cloth in a mill near Leeds, and from this Marsden had a suit made which he wore when he visited George III. The latter was so impressed with the cloth that he presented Marsden with five Marino ewes in lamb, with which he returned to Australia. By 1811 he was sending more than 5,000 lb of wool back to the UK each year. In 1814 Marsden concentrated more on Church matters and made the first of seven missionary visits to New Zealand. He made the last of these excursions the year before his death.

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At the beginning of the seventeenth century, several wealthy men in England joined forces as "adventurers" to put their money into land ventures. One such group was responsible for the draining of the Fens. The first need was to find engineers who were versed in the processes of land drainage, particularly when that land was at, or below, sea level. It was natural, therefore, to turn to the Netherlands to find these skilled men. Joachim Liens was one of the first of the Dutch engineers to go to England, and he started work on the Great Level; however, no real progress was made until 1621, when Cornelius Vermuyden was brought to England to assist in the work.

Vermuyden had grown up in a district where he could see for himself the techniques of embanking and reclaiming land from the sea. He acquired a reputation of expertise in this field, and by 1621 his fame had spread to England. In that year the Thames had flooded and breached its banks near Havering and Dagenham in Essex. Vermuyden was commissioned to repair the breach and drain neighbouring marshland, with what he claimed as complete success. The Commissioners of Sewers for Essex disputed this claim and whthheld his fee, but King Charles I granted him a portion of the reclaimed land as compensation.

In 1626 Vermuyden carried out his first scheme for drainage works as a consultant. This was the drainage of Hatfield Chase in South Yorkshire. Charles I was, in fact, Vermuyden's employer in the drainage of the Chase, and the work was undertaken as a means of raising additional rents for the Royal Exchequer. Vermuyden was himself an "adventurer" in the undertaking, putting capital into the venture and receiving the title to a considerable proportion of the drained lands. One of the important elements of his drainage designs was the principal of "washes", which were flat areas between the protective dykes and the rivers to carry flood waters, to prevent them spreading on to nearby land. Vermuyden faced bitter opposition from those whose livelihoods depended on the marshlands and who resorted to sabotage of the embankments and violence against his imported Dutch workmen to defend their rights. The work could not be completed until arbiters had ruled out on the respective rights of the parties involved. Disagreements and criticism of his engineering practices continued and he gave up his interest in Hatfield Chase. The Hatfield Chase undertaking was not a great success, although the land is now rich farmland around the river Don in Doncaster. However, the involved financial and land-ownership arrangements were the key to the granting of a knighthood to Cornelius Vermuyden in January 1628, and in 1630 he purchased 4,000 acres of low-lying land on Sedgemoor in Somerset.

In 1629 Vermuyden embarked on his most important work, that of draining the Great Level in the fenlands of East Anglia. Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford, was given charge of the work, with Vermuyden as Engineer; in this venture they were speculators and partners and were recompensed by a grant of land. The area which contains the Cambridgeshire tributaries of the Great Ouse were subject to severe and usually annual flooding. The works to contain the rivers in their flood period were important. Whilst the rivers were contained with the enclosed flood plain, the land beyond became highly sought-after because of the quality of the soil. The fourteen "adventurers" who eventually came into partnership with the Earl of Bedford and Vermuyden were the financiers of the scheme and also received land in accordance with their input into the scheme. In 1637 the work was claimed to be complete, but this was disputed, with Vermuyden defending himself against criticism in a pamphlet entitled Discourse Touching the Great Fennes (1638; 1642, London). In fact, much remained to be done, and after an interruption due to the Civil War the scheme was finished in 1652. Whilst the process of the Great Level works had closely involved the King, Oliver Cromwell was equally concerned over the success of the scheme. By 1655 Cornelius Vermuyden had ceased to have anything to do with the Great Level. At that stage he was asked to account for large sums granted to him to expedite the work but was unable to do so; most of his assets were seized to cover the deficiency, and from then on he subsided into obscurity and poverty.

While Cornelius Vermuyden, as a Dutchman, was well versed in the drainage needs of his own country, he developed his skills as a hydraulic engineer in England and drained acres of derelict flooded land.

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