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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
harrow \har"row\, v. t. imp.  p. p. harrowed
   ha^r"r-od; p. pr.  vb. n. harrowing. oe. harowen,
   harwen; cf. dan. harve. see harrow, n.
   1. to draw a harrow over, as for the purpose of breaking
      clods and leveling the surface, or for covering seed; as,
      to harrow land.
      1913 webster

            will he harrow the valleys after thee? --job xxxix.
                                                  10.
      1913 webster

   2. to break or tear, as with a harrow; to wound; to lacerate;
      to torment or distress; to vex.
      1913 webster

            my aged muscles harrowed up with whips. --rowe.
      1913 webster

            i could a tale unfold, whose lightest word
            would harrow up thy soul.             --shak.
      1913 webster
see also:
harrowed harrowing harrow 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
harrow \har"row\ ha^r"r-o, n. oe. harowe, harwe, as.
   hearge; cf. d. hark rake, g. harke, icel. herfi harrow, dan.
   harve, sw. harf. root16.
   1. an implement of agriculture, usually formed of pieces of
      timber or metal crossing each other, and set with iron or
      wooden teeth. it is drawn over plowed land to level it and
      break the clods, to stir the soil and make it fine, or to
      cover seed when sown.
      1913 webster

   2. mil. an obstacle formed by turning an ordinary harrow
      upside down, the frame being buried.
      1913 webster

   bush harrow, a kind of light harrow made of bushes, for
      harrowing grass lands and covering seeds, or to finish the
      work of a toothed harrow.

   drill harrow. see under 6th drill.

   under the harrow, subjected to actual torture with a
      toothed instrument, or to great affliction or oppression.
      1913 webster
see also:
bush harrow drill harrow drill under the harrow 
[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
harrow \har"row\, interj. of. harau, haro; fr. ohg. hara, hera,
   herot, or fr. os. herod hither, akin to e. here.
   help halloo an exclamation of distress; a call for succor;
   -- the ancient norman hue and cry. "harrow and well away"
   --spenser.
   1913 webster

         harrow alas here lies my fellow slain. --chaucer.
   1913 webster

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
harrow \har"row\, v. t. see harry.
   to pillage; to harry; to oppress. obs. --spenser.
   1913 webster

         meaning thereby to harrow his people.    --bacon
   1913 webster
see also:
harry 
[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0
harrow
     n : a cultivator that pulverizes or smoothes the soil
     v : draw a harrow over land syn: disk
see also:
disk 
[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
126 moby thesaurus words for "harrow":
   afflict, agonize, ail, backset, badger, bait, bedevil, bite,
   bloody, burn, chafe, claw, cog, comb, convulse, crag, crucify,
   cultivate, culture, cut, dab, delve, devil, dig, distress, drag,
   dress, dub, equalize, even, excruciate, fallow, fang, fertilize,
   fester, flatten, force, fret, gall, give pain, gnaw, grade, grate,
   grease, grind, gripe, heckle, hector, hoe, hurt, impale, inflame,
   inflict pain, irritate, jag, kill by inches, lacerate, lancinate,
   lay, level, list, lubricate, macerate, martyr, martyrize, mow,
   mulch, needle, nip, oil, pain, peak, pecten, pester, pierce, pinch,
   plane, planish, plaster, plow, prick, projection,
   prolong the agony, prune, punish, put to torture, rack, rake,
   rankle, rasp, ratchet, rip, rub, savage, sawtooth, scarify, shave,
   smooth, smooth down, smooth out, snag, snaggle, spade, spire,
   sprocket, spur, stab, steeple, sting, tantalize, tease, thin,
   thin out, till, till the soil, tooth, torment, torture, try, tweak,
   twist, weed, weed out, work, wound, wring




[7] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
harrow
   heb. harits, a tribulum or sharp threshing sledge; a frame
   armed on the under side with rollers or sharp spikes 2 sam.
   12:31; 1 chr. 20:3.
   
     heb. verb _sadad_, to harrow a field, break its clods job
   39:10; isa. 28:4; hos. 10: 11. its form is unknown. it may have
   resembled the instrument still in use in egypt.
   


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Harrow College / Home
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The Harrow: Original Works of Fantasy and Horror:  Vol. 8, No. 10 (2005)
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Woden's Harrow: Norse / Asatru Art, Literature, Mythology, and Religion
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Harrow Times
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Harrow House Web Site: Welcome
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Harrow Sports :: Lacrosse, Hockey, Squash, Tennis, and Field Hockey
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Harrow International School Bangkok Thailand
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