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plow

 

  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  Where  fern  succeeds  ungrateful  to  the  plow. 
  --Dryden. 
 
  2.  Fig.:  Agriculture;  husbandry.  --Johnson. 
 
  3.  A  carucate  of  land;  a  plowland.  [Obs.]  [Eng.] 
 
  Johan,  mine  eldest  son,  shall  have  plowes  five 
  --Tale  of 
  Gamelyn. 
 
  4.  A  joiner's  plane  for  making  grooves;  a  grooving  plane. 
 
  5.  (Bookbinding)  An  implement  for  trimming  or  shaving  off  the 
  edges  of  books. 
 
  6.  (Astron.)  Same  as  {Charles's  Wain}. 
 
  {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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  2.  To  furrow;  to  make  furrows,  grooves,  or  ridges  in  to  run 
  through  as  in  sailing. 
 
  Let  patient  Octavia  plow  thy  visage  up  With  her 
  prepared  nails.  --Shak. 
 
  With  speed  we  plow  the  watery  way  --Pope. 
 
  3.  (Bookbinding)  To  trim,  or  shave  off  the  edges  of  as  a 
  book  or  paper,  with  a  plow.  See  {Plow},  n.,  5. 
 
  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 
 
  {To  plow  in},  to  cover  by  plowing;  as  to  plow  in  wheat. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  Doth  the  plowman  plow  all  day  to  sow  ?  --Isa.  xxviii. 
  24. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  plow 
  n  :  a  farm  tool  having  one  or  more  heavy  blades  to  break  the 
  soil  and  cut  a  furrow  prior  to  sowing  [syn:  {plough}] 
  v  1:  to  break  and  turn  over  earth  esp.  with  a  plow;  "Farmer  Jones 
  plowed  his  east  field  last  week"  [syn:  {plough},  {turn}] 
  2:  deal  with  verbally  or  in  some  form  of  artistic  expression; 
  "This  book  deals  with  incest";  "The  course  covered  all  of 
  Western  Civilization"  [syn:  {cover},  {treat},  {handle},  {work}, 
  {deal},  {address}] 
  3:  move  in  a  way  resembling  that  of  a  plow  cutting  into  or 
  going  through  the  soil;  "The  ship  plowed  through  the 
  water"  [syn:  {plough}] 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  PLOW,  n.  An  implement  that  cries  aloud  for  hands  accustomed  to  the 
  pen.




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