Definition of Harow
Harrow (6), a town of Middlesex, built on an eminence 200 ft. high,
12 m. from St. Paul's, London; its church, St. Mary's, founded by
Lanfranc, is a Gothic structure of great architectural interest. Harrow
School, a celebrated public school, was founded in 1571 for the free
education of 30 poor boys of the parish, but subsequently opened its
doors to "foreigners," and now numbers upwards of 500 pupils.
- Wikipedia
Har"row (hăr"r&osl;), n. [OE.
harowe, harwe, AS. hearge; cf. D. hark
rake, G. harke, Icel. herfi harrow, Dan. harve,
Sw. harf. √16.] 1. An implement of
agriculture, usually formed of pieces of timber or metal crossing
each other, and set with iron or wooden teeth. It is drawn over
plowed land to level it and break the clods, to stir the soil and
make it fine, or to cover seed when sown.
2. (Mil.) An obstacle formed by
turning an ordinary harrow upside down, the frame being
buried.
Bush harrow, a kind of light harrow made of
bushes, for harrowing grass lands and covering seeds, or to finish
the work of a toothed harrow. -- Drill harrow.
See under 6th Drill. -- Under the
harrow, subjected to actual torture with a toothed
instrument, or to great affliction or oppression.
Har"row, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Harrowed (-r&osl;d); p. pr. & vb.
n. Harrowing.] [OE. harowen, harwen;
cf. Dan. harve. See Harrow, n.]
1. To draw a harrow over, as for the purpose of
breaking clods and leveling the surface, or for covering seed; as, to
harrow land.
Will he harrow the valleys after
thee? Job xxxix. 10.
2. To break or tear, as with a harrow; to
wound; to lacerate; to torment or distress; to vex.
My aged muscles harrowed up with
whips. Rowe.
I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word
Would harrow up thy soul. Shak.
Har"row, interj. [OF. harau,
haro; fr. OHG. hara, hera, herot, or fr.
OS. herod hither, akin to E. here.] Help! Halloo!
An exclamation of distress; a call for succor; -- the ancient Norman
hue and cry. "Harrow and well away!"
Spenser.
Harrow! alas! here lies my fellow
slain. Chaucer.
Har"row, v. t. [See Harry.]
To pillage; to harry; to oppress. [Obs.]
Spenser.
Meaning thereby to harrow his
people. Bacon
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (farm implement)A devices, pulled by a tractor, with several disk or teeth in a row to break up soil; a harrow plow.
- To subject to a harrowing experience; to traumatize; to frighten or torment.
The headless horseman harrowed Ichabod Crane as he tried to reach the bridge.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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