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noun

Furrow n.

A trench in the earth made by, or as by, a plow.

Any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal; a wrinkle on the face; as, the furrows of age.

Furrow weed a weed which grows on plowed land.

To draw a straight furrow, to live correctly; not to deviate from the right line of duty.

verb

Furrow v. t. (past & past part. furrowed; pres. part. furrowing)

To cut a furrow in; to make furrows in; to plow; as, to furrow the ground or sea.

To mark with channels or with wrinkles. "Thou canst help time to furrow me with age." "Fair cheeks were furrowed with hot tears."

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Etymology of 'Furrow'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Furrow" Quotes from Famous Books

... enough to let her crush them with all her weight, let her grind them down and push them before her like drifts of snow. Groaning and creaking she ploughed straight on through all that came against her, heeling before the wind right down to her gunwale and leaving behind her a long furrow in the sea. High above the deck of this magnificent vessel, between two curved iron pillars, Hrolfur's boat hung ...

— Seven Icelandic Short Stories • Various

... presses him to return. Now, we have the description of the summer scene, in which the blackbird sings and the sun smiles; now, the song of the sea and of the wind, which blows tempestuously from the four quarters of the sky; again, the winter song, when the snow covers the hills, when every furrow is a streamlet and the wolves range restlessly abroad, while the birds, numbed to the heart, are silent; or yet again the recluse in his cell, humorously comparing his quest of ideas to the pursuit of the mice by his pet cat. This deep love of inanimate ...

— The Glories of Ireland • Edited by Joseph Dunn and P.J. Lennox

... path.' Like Pindar, we may abridge the tale of Jason. He seeks the golden fleece in Colchis: AEetes offers it to him as a prize for success in certain labours. By the aid of Medea, the daughter of AEetes, the wizard-king, Jason tames the fire-breathing oxen, yokes them to the plough, and drives a furrow. By Medea's help he conquers the children of the teeth of the dragon, subdues the snake that guards the fleece of gold, and escapes, but is pursued by AEetes. To detain AEetes, Medea throws behind the mangled remains of her own brother, Apsyrtos, and the Colchians ...

— Custom and Myth • Andrew Lang

... severe one. Perseverance and self-denial, however, triumphed over all difficulties. Year after year the trees bowed themselves before the axe, and the soil surrendered its reluctant treasures in the furrow ...

— Woman on the American Frontier • William Worthington Fowler

... acres of irrigable land had been granted. The surveyors had finished and the line of stakes stretching away across the hills was a mecca for Sunday sight-seers. The contracts for the moving of dirt from the intake to the first station had been let and when the first furrow was turned and the first scoop of dirt removed from the excavation, Crowheart all but carried Andy P. Symes ...

— The Lady Doc • Caroline Lockhart

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