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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Coulter \Coul"ter\ (k[=o]l"t[~e]r), n. Same as {Colter}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: coulter n : a sharp steel wedge that precedes the plow and cuts vertically through the soil [syn: {colter}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Coulter, IA (city, FIPS 16815) Location: 42.73331 N, 93.37031 W Population (1990): 252 (121 housing units) Area: 6.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: 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.
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