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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Plough \Plough\, n. & v. See {Plow}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] Where fern succeeds ungrateful to the plow. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: Agriculture; husbandry. --Johnson. [1913 Webster] 3. A carucate of land; a plowland. [Obs.] [Eng.] [1913 Webster] Johan, mine eldest son, shall have plowes five. --Tale of Gamelyn. [1913 Webster] 4. A joiner's plane for making grooves; a grooving plane. [1913 Webster] 5. (Bookbinding) An implement for trimming or shaving off the edges of books. [1913 Webster] 6. (Astron.) Same as {Charles's Wain}. [1913 Webster] {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. [1913 Webster] Plow From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] Doth the plowman plow all day to sow ? --Isa. xxviii. 24. [1913 Webster] Plowable From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in; to run through, as in sailing. [1913 Webster] Let patient Octavia plow thy visage up With her prepared nails. --Shak. [1913 Webster] With speed we plow the watery way. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 3. (Bookbinding) To trim, or shave off the edges of, as a book or paper, with a plow. See {Plow}, n., 5. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] {To plow in}, to cover by plowing; as, to plow in wheat. {To plow up}, to turn out of the ground by plowing. [1913 Webster] Plow From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: Plough n 1: a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major [syn: {Big Dipper}, {Dipper}, {Plough}, {Charles's Wain}, {Wain}, {Wagon}] 2: a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing [syn: {plow}, {plough}] v 1: move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil; "The ship plowed through the water" [syn: {plow}, {plough}] 2: to break and turn over earth especially with a plow; "Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in the Spring" [syn: {plow}, {plough}, {turn}]