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A bar in a river; as, the overslaugh in the Hudson River. [Local, U. S.] Bartlett.

Wrought upon excessively; overworked; overexcited.

A penstock.

See Plow.

nd 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 ha…

Capable of being plowed; arable.

Wood or timber allowed to a tenant for the repair of instruments of husbandry. See Bote.

A boy that drives or guides a team in plowing; a young rustic.

One who plows; a plowman; a cultivator.

An adjustable staff formerly attached to the plow beam to determine the depth of the furrow. Piers Plowman.

Same as Plowgate.

The Scotch equivalent of the English word plowland. Not having one plowgate of land. Sir W. Scott.

The clevis or draught iron of a plow.

One who plows, or who holds and guides a plow; hence, a husbandman. Chaucer. Macaulay.

A detachable share at the extreme front end of the plow body.

The share of a plow, or that part which cuts the slice of earth or sod at the bottom of the furrow. Plowshare bone (Anat.), the pygostyle.

The hind part or handle of a plow.

One who makes or repairs plows.

Pshaw! pish! -- a word used in contempt or disdain.

imp. & p. p. of Reach. Shak.