Plough (?), n. & v. See
Plow.
{ Plow, Plough } (plou), n.
[OE. plouh, plou, AS. plōh; akin to D.
ploeg, G. pflug, OHG. pfluog, pfluoh,
Icel. plōgr, Sw. plog, Dan. ploug,
plov, Russ. plug', Lith. plugas.]
1. 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.
2. Fig.: Agriculture; husbandry.
Johnson.
3. A carucate of land; a plowland.
[Obs.] [Eng.]
Johan, mine eldest son, shall have plowes
five.
Tale of Gamelyn.
4. A joiner's plane for making grooves; a
grooving plane.
5. (Bookbinding) An implement for
trimming or shaving off the edges of books.
6. (Astron.) Same as Charles's
Wain.
Ice plow, a plow used for cutting ice on
rivers, ponds, etc., into cakes suitable for storing. [U. S.] --
Mackerel plow. See under Mackerel. -
- Plow alms, a penny formerly paid by every
plowland 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 handle. -- Snow plow, a structure,
usually Λ-shaped, for removing snow from sidewalks, railroads,
etc., -- drawn or driven by a horse or a locomotive.
{ Plow, 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.
2. To furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or
ridges in; to run through, as in sailing.
Let patient Octavia plow thy visage up
With her prepared nails.
Shak.
With speed we plow the watery way.
Pope.
3. (Bookbinding) To trim, or shave off
the edges of, as a book or paper, with a plow. See Plow,
n., 5.
4. (Joinery) To cut a groove in, as in
a plank, or the edge of a board; especially, a rectangular groove to
receive the end of a shelf or tread, the edge of a panel, a tongue,
etc.
To plow in, to cover by plowing; as, to
plow in wheat. -- To plow up, to turn
out of the ground by plowing.
{ Plow, Plough } (plou), v. i.
To labor with, or as with, a plow; to till or turn up the soil
with a plow; to prepare the soil or bed for anything.
Shak.
Doth the plowman plow all day to sow
?
Isa. xxviii. 24.
