Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CUL'TURE, n. [L. cultura, from colo. See Cultivate.]

1. The act of tilling and preparing the earth for crops; cultivation; the application of labor or other means of improvement. We ought to blame the culture, not the soil. – Pope.
2. The application of labor or other means to improve good qualities in, or growth; as, the culture of the mind; the culture of virtue.
3. The application of labor or other means in producing; as, the culture of corn, or grass.
4. Any labor or means employed for improvement, correction or growth.