a plow

  • 41plow alms — noun Etymology: Middle English ploualmes, from plou, plow, plough plow, plowland + almes alms : a penny formerly paid annually to the church for every plowland …

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  • 42plow beam — noun Etymology: Middle English plowebeme, from plowe, plow, plough plow + beme, beem beam : beam I 1d …

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  • 43plow out — transitive verb 1. a. : to bring to the surface by or as if by plowing : plow up : turn up b. : to remove or eradicate with or as if with a plow 2. : to excavate or hollow out by plowing or by a process suggestive of plowing deep gullies plowed… …

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  • 44plow paddle — noun or plow pattle or plow pettle Etymology: pattle, pettle alteration of paddle : plowstaff …

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  • 45plow under — transitive verb 1. a. : to cover a green manure crop, crop residues, or barnyard manure by plowing b. : to plow a field of a growing unharvested crop 2. : to cause to disappear : bury, overwhelm let us not plow under the family farmer… …

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  • 46plow up — transitive verb 1. : to bring to the surface by or as if by plowing : turn, cast, or pull up with or as if with a plow had plowed quite a lot of arrowheads up plow up the beets Accent by hard wor …

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  • 47plow — See: PUT ONE S HAND TO THE PLOW …

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  • 48plow — See: PUT ONE S HAND TO THE PLOW …

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  • 49plow staff — Paddle Pad dle, n. [See {Paddle}, v. i.] 1. An implement with a broad blade, which is used without a fixed fulcrum in propelling and steering canoes and boats. [1913 Webster] 2. The broad part of a paddle, with which the stroke is made; hence,… …

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  • 50plow steel — steel that contains 0.5 to 0.95 percent carbon. [perh. from the quality of the strong wire rope made from it, used to attach a plow to a steam engine] * * * …

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