3. The business of feeding or grazing cattle.

Pas"ture (?), n. [OF. pasture, F. p‚ture, L. pastura, fr. pascere,

pastum, to pasture, to feed. See Pastor.] 1. Food; nourishment. [Obs.]

Toads and frogs his pasture poisonous.

Spenser.

2. Specifically: Grass growing for the food of cattle; the food of

cattle taken by grazing.

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