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See Plow. |
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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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Fig.: Agriculture; husbandry. |
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A carucate of land; a plowland. |
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A joiner's plane for making grooves; a grooving plane. |
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An implement for trimming or shaving off the edges of
books. |
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Same as Charles's Wain. |
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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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To furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in; to
run through, as in sailing. |
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To trim, or shave off the edges of, as a book or paper,
with a plow. See Plow, n., 5. |
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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 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. |
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