Plough

plow, n. an instrument for turning up the soil to prepare it for seed: tillage: a joiner's plane for making grooves.— v.t. to turn up with the plough: to make furrows or ridges in: to tear: to divide: to run through, as in sailing: ( university slang ) to reject in an examination.— v.i. to work with a plough.— adj. Plough′able , capable of being ploughed: arable.— ns. Plough′boy , a boy who drives or guides horses in ploughing; Plough′er ; Plough′gate ( Scots law ), a quantity of land of the extent of 100 acres Scots; Plough′ing ; Plough′-ī′ron , the coulter of a plough; Plough′-land , land suitable for tillage: as much land as could be tilled with one plough, a hide of land; Plough′man , a man who ploughs: a husbandman: a rustic:— pl. Plough′men ; Plough′-Mon′day , the Monday after Twelfth Day when, according to the old usage, the plough should be set to work again after the holidays; Plough′-tail , the end of a plough where the handles are; Plough′-tree , a plough-handle; Plough′wright , one who makes and mends ploughs.— Put one's hand to the plough , to begin an undertaking.— Snow plough , a strong triangular frame of wood for clearing snow off roads, railways, ., drawn by horses or by a locomotive; Steam plough , a plough driven by a stationary steam-engine; The Plough , the seven bright stars in the constellation of the Great Bear. [Ice. plógr ; perh. Celt., Gael. ploc , a block.]