roadplow (rodplou)

A strong plow designed especially for throwing up embankments, loosening earth to be moved by a scraper, etc. road-roller (rōd'rō"ler), n. A heavy roller used to compact the material on a macadamized road. Such rollers may be drawn by horses or driven by steam power. In the latter case they are a form of traction-engine mounted on large and broad tread-wheels. road-runner (rōd'run"èr), n. The paisano or chaparral-cock, Geo coccyx california nus, a large ground-cuckoo. See cut under chaparral - cock. road-scraper (rōd's krā" pėr), n. An implement for leveling for leveling roads and moving loose soil or gravel. The name is applied to two distinct implements. One is practically a plow with a broad scraper set obliquely beneath the beam in place of a share, and is used on roads to level ruts and bring the road-bed to a good surface. The other is a shovel or scraper, drawn by a 3. To jostle (one) off the road by riding against horse, for removing mud, lifting earth for transport, etc. him. Hall i well. [Prov. Eng.] - To road up, to flush, or cause to rise on the wing, by roading. The Prairie Chicken always goes to feed on foot, and may thus be roaded up by a dog. Sportsman's Gazetteer , p. 119.