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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Furrow \Fur"row\, n. [OE. forow, forgh, furgh, AS furh; akin to D. voor, OHG. furuh G. furche, Dan. fure, Sw f?ra, Icel. for drain, L. porca ridge between two furrows.] 1. A trench in the earth made by or as by a plow. 2. Any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal; a wrinkle on the face; as the furrows of age. {Farrow weed} a weed which grows on plowed land. --Shak. {To draw a straight furrow}, to live correctly; not to deviate from the right line of duty. --Lowell. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Furrow \Fur"row\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Furrowed}; p. pr & vb n. {Furrowing}.] [From {Furrow}, n.; cf AS fyrian.] 1. To cut a furrow in to make furrows in to plow; as to furrow the ground or sea. --Shak. 2. To mark with channels or with wrinkles. Thou canst help time to furrow me with age. --Shak. Fair cheeks were furrowed with hot tears. --Byron. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: furrow n 1: a long shallow trench in the ground (especially one made by a plow) 2: a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "His face has many wrinkles" [syn: {wrinkle}, {crease}, {crinkle}, {seam}, {line}] v 1: hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove; "furrow soil" [syn: {rut}, {groove}] 2: make wrinkled or creased; "furrow one's brow" [syn: {wrinkle}, {crease}] 3: cut a furrow into a columns [syn: {chamfer}, {chase}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Furrow an opening in the ground made by the plough (Ps. 65:10; Hos. 10:4, 10).
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