| plough | 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. Agriculture; husbandry. 3. A carucate of land; a plowland. "Johan, mine eldest son, shall have plowes five." (Tale of Gamelyn) 4. A joiner's plane for making grooves; a grooving plane. 5. An implement for trimming or shaving off the edges of books. 6. <astronomy> Same as Charles's Wain. Ice plow, a plow used for cutting ice on rivers, ponds, etc, into cakes suitable for storing. Mackerel plow. See Mackerel. Plow alms, a penny formerly paid by every plowland to the church. Plow beam, that part of the frame of a plow to which the draught is applied. See Beam. Plow Monday, the Monday after Twelth Day, or the end of Christmas holidays. Plow staff. A kind of long-handled spade or paddle for cleaning the plowshare; a paddle staff. 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. Origin: OE. Plouh, plou, AS. Ploh; akin to D. Ploeg, G. Pflug, OHG. Pfluog, pfluoh, Icel. Plogr, Sw. Plog, Dan. Ploug, plov, Russ. Plug', Lith. Plugas. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| ploughgate | The Scotch equivalent of the English word plowland. "Not having one plowgate of land." (Sir W. Scott) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ploughman | 1. One who plows, or who holds and guides a plow; hence, a husbandman. 2. A rustic; a countryman; a field laborer. <botany> Plowman's spikenard, a European composite weed (Conyza squarrosa), having fragrant roots. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ploughshare | The share of a plow, or that part which cuts the slice of earth or sod at the bottom of the furrow. <anatomy> Plowshare bone, the pygostyle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plough | a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing |
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| plough | to break and turn over earth esp. with a plow |
| plough | move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil |
| plough | a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major |
| plough | a horse used to pull a plow |
| plough | continue moving forward |
| plough | a boy who leads the animals that draw a plow |
| plough | (of farmland) broken and turned over with a plow |
| plough | tilling the land with a plow |
| plough | arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops |
| plough | a man who plows |
| plough | (British) a meal consisting of a sandwich of bread and cheese and a salad |
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