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See Plow.

A kind of plow, driven by the breast of the workman; -- used to cut or pare turf.

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.

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.

An implement operating like a plow, but on a larger scale, for clearing away the snow from roads, railways, etc.

To plow with deep furrows, for the purpose of loosening the land to a greater depth than usual.

To walk on slowly or heavily. The ploughman homeward plods his weary way. Gray.

of drawbridge which swings horizontally, as on a vertical pivot. -- Swing plow, or Swing plough. (a) A plow without a fore wheel under the beam. (b) A reversible or sidehill plow. -- Swing wheel. (a) The scape-wheel in a clock, which drives the pendulum. (b) The balance of a watch.