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.
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Where fern succeeds ungrateful to the plow.
--Dryden.
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2. Fig.: Agriculture; husbandry. --Johnson.
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3. A carucate of land; a plowland. [Obs.] [Eng.]
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Johan, mine eldest son, shall have plowes five.
--Tale of
Gamelyn.
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4. A joiner's plane for making grooves; a grooving plane.
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5. (Bookbinding) An implement for trimming or shaving off the
edges of books.
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6. (Astron.) Same as {Charles's Wain}.
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{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.
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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.
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Doth the plowman plow all day to sow ? --Isa. xxviii.
24.
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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.
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2. To furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in; to run
through, as in sailing.
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Let patient Octavia plow thy visage up
With her prepared nails. --Shak.
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With speed we plow the watery way. --Pope.
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3. (Bookbinding) To trim, or shave off the edges of, as a
book or paper, with a plow. See {Plow}, n., 5.
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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.
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{To plow in}, to cover by plowing; as, to plow in wheat.
{To plow up}, to turn out of the ground by plowing.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
plow
n 1: 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: 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}]
2: act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression; "This
book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of Western
Civilization"; "The new book treats the history of China"
[syn: {cover}, {treat}, {handle}, {plow}, {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:
{plow}, {plough}]
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