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PloughPlough Plough, n. & v.
See Plow. PloughPlow 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. Plough
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.
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Meaning of Ploughs from wikipedia
- A
plough or (US) plow (both
pronounced /plaʊ/) is a farm tool for
loosening or
turning the soil
before sowing seed or planting.
Ploughs were traditionally...
- A
ploughing match is a
contest between people who each
plough part of a field.
Nowadays there are
usually classes for horse-drawn
ploughs and for tractor...
- Look up
Plough or
plough in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
plough (or plow) is a tool used in
farming for
initial cultivation of soil.
Plough or The...
-
Plough Monday is the
traditional start of the
English agricultural year.
Plough Monday is the
first Monday after Epiphany, 6 January.
References to Plough...
- in
World War I,
during their retreat from
Galicia and Poland.
Railroad ploughs were in use by the
Czechoslovak Army
during the
German occupation in 1938...
-
Starry Plough may
refer to:
Starry Plough (flag), a
banner of the
former Irish Citizen Army,
subsequently adopted by
other Irish political organizations...
- Schering-
Plough Corporation was an
American pharmaceutical company. It was
originally the U.S.
subsidiary of the
German company Schering AG,
which was...
- A fire
plough (or fire plow) is a
firelighting tool. In its
simplest form, it is two
sticks rubbed together.
Rubbing produces friction and heat, and eventually...
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description would be used for
ploughs in
agricultural encyclopedias for
several centuries. He
describes each part of the
plough and
gives its
dimensions with...
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Ploughing in the
Nivernais (French:
Labourage nivernais), also
known as Oxen
ploughing in
Nevers or
Plowing in Nivernais, is an 1849
painting by French...
