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[syn: colter, coulter]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Colter \Col"ter\, n. [AS. culter, fr. L. culter plowshare,
knife. Cf. Cutlass.]
A knife or cutter, attached to the beam of a plow to cut the
sward, in advance of the plowshare and moldboard. [Written
also coulter.]
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Coulter \Coul"ter\ (k[=o]l"t[~e]r), n.
Same as Colter.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
coulter
n 1: a sharp steel wedge that precedes the plow and cuts
vertically through the soil [syn: colter, coulter]
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary:
Coulter
(1 Sam. 13:20, 21), an agricultural instrument, elsewhere called
"ploughshare" (Isa. 2:4; Micah 4:3; Joel 3:10). It was the
facing-piece of a plough, analogous to the modern coulter.
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Coulter, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
Population (2000): 262
Housing Units (2000): 118
Land area (2000): 2.453894 sq. miles (6.355556 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.453894 sq. miles (6.355556 sq. km)
FIPS code: 16815
Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location: 42.734311 N, 93.369173 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Coulter, IA
Coulter