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."
2.
Fig.: Agriculture; husbandry.
3.
A carucate of land; a plowland. (Obs.) (Eng.) "Johan, mine eldest son, shall have plowes five."
4.
A joiner's plane for making grooves; a grooving plane.
5.
(Bookbinding) An implement for trimming or shaving off the edges of books.
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, 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.
verb
Plough, Plow v. t. (past & past part. plowed or ploughed; pres. part. 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 plow thy visage up With her prepared nails.""With speed we plow the watery way."
3.
(Bookbinding) To trim, or shave off the edges of, as a book or paper, with a plow. See Plow, n., 5.
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 wheat.
To plow up, to turn out of the ground by plowing.
Plough, Plow 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. "Doth the plowman plow all day to sow?"
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... worse than before, and begged the peasant to come with him to the tavern. There was no getting rid of him, no keeping him quiet. The peasant sold his barrow and plough, so that he could no longer work his land. He went to the tavern with ... — Old Peter's Russian Tales • Arthur Ransome Read full book for free!
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