husb.

Noun

husband (plural husbands)

1. A man in a marriage or marital relationship, especially in relation to his spouse.
   • You should start dating so you can find a suitable husband.

   Synonyms:

   hubby, mister

2. (UK) A manager of property; one who has the care of another's belongings, owndom, or interests; a steward; an economist.
3. (archaic) A prudent or frugal manager.
   • God knows how little time is left me, and may I be a good husband, to improve the short remnant thereof.1645, Thomas Fuller, Good Thoughts in Bad Times, Occasional Meditations: V
4. (dated) The master of a house; the head of a family; a householder.
5. A tiller of the ground; a husbandman.
   • […] a withered tree, through husbands toyle,
     Is often seene full freshly to have florisht […]1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], part II (books IV–VI), London: […] [Richard Field] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC
6. The male of a pair of animals.
   • Husband of the Herd1697, Virgil, “The Third Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC

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Noun

husbandry (countable and uncountable, plural husbandries)

1. The occupation or work of a husbandman or farmer; the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock; agriculture.
   • If the Church be God's Huſbandry, then, thoſe that be imployed in Miniſterial work, ought to be men of great judgment and experience in ſoul affairs; for theſe are the labourers whom God, the myſtical Huſbandman imploys and entruſts about his ſpiritual Huſbandry.1669, John Flavell [i.e., John Flavel], “The Proem”, in Husbandry Spiritualized or The Heavenly Use of Earthly Things. […], London: Printed and are to be sold by Robert Boulter, […], →OCLC, page 14

   Synonyms:

   agronomy

2. The prudent management or conservation of resources.
   • There's Husbandry in Heauen, / Their Candles are all out: […]c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

   Synonyms:

   economy, frugality, thrift

3. Administration or management of day-to-day matters.
   • The underwater ship husbandry discharge is composed of materials discharged during the inspection, maintenance, cleaning, and repair of hulls and hull appendages performed while the vessel is waterborne. Underwater ship husbandry includes activities such as hull cleaning, fiberglass repair...1999 April, “Phase I Discharge Determinations”, in Technical Development Document for Phase I Uniform National Discharge Standards for Vessels of the Armed Forces (EPA 821-R-99-001), Arlington, Va....
4. (obsolete) Agricultural or cultivated land.
   • [H]ow carefull God had beene in providing Tithes and Oblations for the Prieſt under the Law, giving him not Lands and Huſbandries amongſt the other Tribes, ut in nulla re avocaretur, that hee might have no occaſion to be withdrawne from the Altar; […]1641, William Prynne, “Comprising the Several Treasons, Comspiracies, Rebellions, Contumacies, Disloyalties, Warres, Dissentions, and State-schismes of the Bishops of London, Winchester, Durham...
5. Techniques of animal care.
   • Dr. Durfy was asked in his written cross-examination why it was his opinion that poor husbandry led to the conditions seen in all of the tortoises if he did not observe their habitat. Dr. Durfy replied "…The abnormalities and illnesses seen in the tortoises, especially when you consider that all of...2020 April 17, Lyndra Griffith, “Kamstra et al. v. Animal Welfare Services, 2020 ONACRB 2”, in CanLII, retrieved 18 May 2022