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1Plough — Plow redirects here. For the Canadian soldier, see Edward Chester Plow. Plowman redirects here. For the surname, see Plowman (surname). Furrow redirects here. For other uses, see Furrow (disambiguation). For other uses, see Plough… …
2plough — n. & v. (esp. US plow) n. 1 an implement with a cutting blade fixed in a frame drawn by a tractor or by horses, for cutting furrows in the soil and turning it up. 2 an implement resembling this and having a comparable function (snowplough). 3… …
3Plough — n. & v. (esp. US plow) n. 1 an implement with a cutting blade fixed in a frame drawn by a tractor or by horses, for cutting furrows in the soil and turning it up. 2 an implement resembling this and having a comparable function (snowplough). 3… …
4Plough Court — 1) South out of Lombard Street at No.36 (P.O. Directory). In Langbourne Ward.First mention: Strype, 1720. Called: Plow Court (Rocque, 1746). Plough Yard (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 163). Northern portion formerly called Nag s Head Court… …
5plough through — 1) PHRASAL VERB: no passive If you plough through something such as a large meal or a long piece of work, you finally finish it although it takes a lot of effort. [V P n] Researchers have ploughed through 16,000 different pieces of classical,… …
6Plough — Plow Plow, Plough Plough, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plowed} (ploud) or {Ploughed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {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.… …
7Plough Yard, Lombard Street — See Plough Court. Plough Yard West out of Seething Lane (L.C.C. Streets, 1912). Plow Yard, a school built there for education of twenty poor children before 1689 (Maskell, p.95). Founded by James Hickson about 1689. The Transport… …
8Plough Place — North out of Plough Court, Fetter Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (Lockie, 1816 O.S. 1875). Site now occupied by business houses …
9plough back — / plaυ bæk/ verb (NOTE: The US spelling is plow back.) ♦ to plough back profits into the company to invest the profits in the business (and not pay them out as dividends to the shareholders) by using them to buy new equipment or to create new… …
10Plough Yard — 1) On Little Tower Hill, at the Ditch side (P.C. 1732 Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps. 2) North out of Holborn Hill, with a passage east to Field Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without, near the Bridge (O. and M. 1677 Strype, 1755).… …