plowbeam (ploubem)

[ He was a little annoyed when Magill, getting down from the plow - beam , stopped him. E. Eggleston, The Graysons, xvi. plow -bolt (plou'bōlt), n. A bolt for securing the share, land-side, or mold-board of a plow to the stock. The head is chamfered or countersunk, and in the former case generally has a square or fin, to prevent it from turning when the nut is screwed on. E. H. Knight. And help my culter to kerue and clanse the forwes. Piers Plowman (C), ix. 64. plow-gang (plou'gang), n. Same as plowland, 2. In Scotland a plow-gang of land was formerly the property qualification to hunt under the Same as plow - gang. [ME. ploghe game-laws. plow-gate (plou'gāt), n. plow-handle (plou'han"dl), n. handylle.] Same as plow - tail. plow-head (plouʼhed), n. [ A plow-iron (plou'ī"ėrn), n. The colter of a plow. Shak., 2 Hen. IV., v. 1. 20. plowk, n. [Also (dial.) plook, pluke; (late ME. plowke, a pimple; cf. plowked, pimply.] A pimple. Cath. Ang., p. 284. [Obsolete or Scotch.] plowkedt, a. [ME. plowked, pluccid; Polidarius was pluccid as a pork fat. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3837. plow-knife (plou'nīf), n. In bookbinding , a flat knife (about 6 inches long, 14 inches wide, and 1 inch thick) with a rounded and pointed cutting-face, sharpened on one side only, which follows the groove of the bookbinders' plow in cutting books or paper. plowky, a. [Also plooky ; plowkky ; plowk + -y1.] Pimply. [Obsolete or Scotch.] For hyme that is smetyne of his awenne blode, and spred is alle over his lymmes, and waxes plowkky and brekes owte. Quoted in Cath . Ang . , p. 284. Plooky , plooky are your cheeks, And plooky is your chin. Sir Hugh le Blond (Child's Ballads, III. 256). His face was as plooky as a curran' bun, and his nose as red as a partan's tae. Galt , Provost, xxxii. ( Davies .) IMG:content-0448.png:[blocks in formation] Some count ryes lack plough - meat , And some do lack cow-meat. Tu er, Husbandry, April's Abstract. Plow Monday (plou mun'da). The Monday after Twelfth-day, or the termination of the Christmas holidays, when the labors of the plow usually began, observed in England as a rustic festival. On that day it is the custom of plowmen to draw a plow from door to door, soliciting drink money. Also called Rock Monday. Plough Monday next, after that Twelfth tide is past, Bids out with the plough, the worst husband is last. Tu er , Husbandry, Ploughman's Feasting Days.