| Plow (plow) |
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| n. | (plou) |
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| Plow |
[OE. plouh, plou, AS. pl h; akin to D.
ploeg, G. pflug, OHG. pfluog, pfluoh,
Icel. plgr, Sw. plog, Dan. ploug,
plov, Russ. plug', Lith. plug |
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.
Fig.: Agriculture; husbandry.
A carucate of land; a plowland.
A joiner's plane for making grooves; a
grooving plane.
An implement for
trimming or shaving off the edges of books.
Same as Charles's
Wain.
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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.
To furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or
ridges in; to run through, as in sailing.
To trim, or shave off
the edges of, as a book or paper, with a plow. See Plow,
n., 5.
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| Plow (plow) |
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| v. i. | (plou) |
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| Plow |
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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.
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