[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

plow \plow\, plough \plough\ plou, n. oe. plouh, plou, as.
   pl=oh; akin to d. ploeg, g. pflug, ohg. pfluog, pfluoh,
   icel. pl=ogr, sw. plog, dan. ploug, plov, russ. plug',
   lith. plugas.
   1. a well-known implement, drawn by horses, mules, oxen, or
      other power, for turning up the soil to prepare it for
      bearing crops; also used to furrow or break up the soil
      for other purposes; as, the subsoil plow; the draining
      plow.
      1913 webster

            where fern succeeds ungrateful to the plow.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

   2. fig.: agriculture; husbandry. --johnson.
      1913 webster

   3. a carucate of land; a plowland. obs. eng.
      1913 webster

            johan, mine eldest son, shall have plowes five.
                                                  --tale of
                                                  gamelyn.
      1913 webster

   4. a joiner's plane for making grooves; a grooving plane.
      1913 webster

   5. bookbinding an implement for trimming or shaving off the
      edges of books.
      1913 webster

   6. astron. same as charles's wain.
      1913 webster

   ice plow, a plow used for cutting ice on rivers, ponds,
      etc., into cakes suitable for storing. u. s.

   mackerel plow. see under mackerel.

   plow alms, a penny formerly paid by every plowland to the
      church. --cowell.

   plow beam, that part of the frame of a plow to which the
      draught is applied. see beam, n., 9.

   plow monday, the monday after twelth day, or the end of
      christmas holidays.

   plow staff.
      a a kind of long-handled spade or paddle for cleaning
          the plowshare; a paddle staff.
      b a plow handle.

   snow plow, a structure, usually lambda-shaped, for
      removing snow from sidewalks, railroads, etc., -- drawn or
      driven by a horse or a locomotive.
      1913 webster plow
see also:
charles's wain ice plow mackerel plow mackerel plow alms plow beam 
beam plow monday plow staff snow plow 

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