plough iron, plowiron

The coulter of a plough. "Here is now the smith's note for shoeing, and plough . irons." --Shakesp.: Henry IV., Pt. II., v. 1. plough-land, plow-land, s. 1. Land under the plough or fit for tillage; arable land, ploughed land. *2. As much land as may be ploughed with a single plough in a day. "Plowland, that a plow may tylle on a day."-Prompt. Parv . ploutnet IMG:content-1226.png:[blocks in formation] a year; a hide or carucate of land. "In this book are entered the names of the manors or inhabited townships, the number of plough -lands that each contains, and the number of the inhabitants."Hale: Orig. of Mankind. plough-meat, plow-meat, subst. Food made of corn, as distinguished from flesh, eggs, milk, . plough-mell, plow-mell, s . A small wooden hammer or mallet attached to the plough. The Mon Plough-Monday, Plow-Monday, s. day after Twelfth-day, or the end of the Christmas holidays, on which the ploughmen used to resume their work. On this day they used also to draw a plough from door to door, and ask for money to buy drink. ( Eng .) "Plough- Monday next after that the twelfth tide is past, Bids out with the plough." Tu er: Husbandry. plough-paddle, plow-paddle, subst . [PLOUGHSTAFF.] plough-point, plow-point, subst . A detachable share at the extreme front end of the plough-body, forming an apex to the junction of the mold-board, sole, and landslide.