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Webster 1913 Edition
Plough
Plough
,Noun.
& Verb.
See
Plow
. {
Plow
,Plough
}(plou)
, Noun.
[OE.
plouh
, plou
, AS. plōh
; akin to D. ploeg
, G. pflug
, OHG. pfluog
, pfluoh
, Icel. plōgr
, 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 , 9.
– Beam
, Noun.
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 Λ-shaped, for removing snow from sidewalks, railroads, etc., – drawn or driven by a horse or a locomotive.
{
Plow
,Plough
, }Verb.
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
With her prepared nails.
plow
thy visage upWith her prepared nails.
Shakespeare
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 , 5.
Plow
, Noun.
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
wheatTo plow up
, to turn out of the ground by plowing.
{
Plow
,Plough
}(plou)
, Verb.
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.