Harrogate, Harrow Gate

or HIGH HARROGATE, & town and fashionable resort of Yorkshire, England, 20 miles S. W. of York, celebrated for its sulphurous and chalybeate springs. Harrow, ( har'ro,) n. [Dan. haro ; Swed. harf , a harrow; Ger. hacke , a rake; allied to A. S. hergian , to lay waste, to hara .] ( Agric .) An implement formed of bars of wood or iron, fastened together transversely, either at right angles to each other, or diagonally, with iron teeth projecting downwards from the points of intersection perpendicularly, or with a slight inclination. A H. with the bars set diagonally is the best, as their inclination to each other may be regulated in such a manner that each tooth marks out a separate furrow; in consequence of which the implement performs its work more effectually than it would if the bars were disposed, as in the old H. , at right angles to each other. There is also an expanding harrow, in which the framework of bars is fastened together by loose pins, so that the teeth can be set closer together or farther apart, as the state of the soil may require. The H. is used in bringing land that has just been ploughed into a proper condition for the reception of the seed, by breaking the clods of earth into smaller fragments, tearing out the roots of the weeds or stubble, and pulverizing and mixing the soil. To effect this, and to render the surface tolerably smooth and even, the land is rolled and harrowed two or three times with different H. , a strong, heavy H. being used to break the furrows made by the plough, and lighter harrows, with the teeth set more closely together, in the final stages of the proce .