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- [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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