[syn: plow, plough, turn]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Plough \Plough\, n. & v.
See Plow.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Plow \Plow\, Plough \Plough\ (plou), n. [OE. plouh, plou, AS.
pl[=o]h; akin to D. ploeg, G. pflug, OHG. pfluog, pfluoh,
Icel. pl[=o]gr, 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.
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Where fern succeeds ungrateful to the plow.
--Dryden.
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2. Fig.: Agriculture; husbandry. --Johnson.
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3. A carucate of land; a plowland. [Obs.] [Eng.]
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Johan, mine eldest son, shall have plowes five.
--Tale of
Gamelyn.
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4. A joiner's plane for making grooves; a grooving plane.
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5. (Bookbinding) An implement for trimming or shaving off the
edges of books.
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6. (Astron.) Same as Charles's Wain.
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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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Plow \Plow\, Plough \Plough\ (plou), v. i.
To labor with, or as with, a plow; to till or turn up the
soil with a plow; to prepare the soil or bed for anything.
--Shak.
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Doth the plowman plow all day to sow ? --Isa. xxviii.
24.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Plow \Plow\, Plough \Plough\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plowed
(ploud) or Ploughed; p. pr. & vb. n. Plowing or
Ploughing.]
1. To turn up, break up, or trench, with a plow; to till
with, or as with, a plow; as, to plow the ground; to plow
a field.
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2. To furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in; to run
through, as in sailing.
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Let patient Octavia plow thy visage up
With her prepared nails. --Shak.
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With speed we plow the watery way. --Pope.
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3. (Bookbinding) To trim, or shave off the edges of, as a
book or paper, with a plow. See Plow, n., 5.
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4. (Joinery) To cut a groove in, as in a plank, or the edge
of a board; especially, a rectangular groove to receive
the end of a shelf or tread, the edge of a panel, a
tongue, etc.
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To plow in, to cover by plowing; as, to plow in wheat.
To plow up, to turn out of the ground by plowing.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Plough
n 1: a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa
Major [syn: Big Dipper, Dipper, Plough, Charles's
Wain, Wain, Wagon]
2: a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil
and cut a furrow prior to sowing [syn: plow, plough]
v 1: move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or
going through the soil; "The ship plowed through the water"
[syn: plow, plough]
2: to break and turn over earth especially with a plow; "Farmer
Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in
the Spring" [syn: plow, plough, turn]
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary:
Plough
first referred to in Gen. 45:6, where the Authorized Version has
"earing," but the Revised Version "ploughing;" next in Ex. 34:21
and Deut. 21:4. The plough was originally drawn by oxen, but
sometimes also by asses and by men. (See AGRICULTURE.)