HARROW

Harrow. Harrow
(Heb. harits), a tribulum or sharp threshing sledge; a frame armed on the under side with rollers or sharp spikes (2 Sam. 12:31; 1 Chr. 20:3).

Heb. verb sadad, to harrow a field, break its clods (Job 39:10; Isa. 28:4; Hos. 10: 11). Its form is unknown. It may have resembled the instrument still in use in Egypt.

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HARROW. → An agricultural implement used as an instrument of torture 2Sa 12:31; 1Ch 20:3

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harrow. Harrow, n. an instrument used in husbandry

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Har″row (hăr″rō̍), n. [[OE. harowe, harwe, AS. hearge; cf. D. hark rake, G. harke, Icel. herfi harrow, Dan. harve, Sw. harf. √16.]] 1. 1. An implement of agriculture, usually formed of pieces of timber or metal crossing each other, and set with iron or wooden teeth. It is drawn over plowed land to level it and break the clods, to stir the soil and make it fine, or to cover seed when sown.
2. 2. (Mil.) An obstacle formed by turning an ordinary harrow upside down, the frame being buried.
Bush harrow, a kind of light harrow made of bushes, for harrowing grass lands and covering seeds, or to finish the work of a toothed harrow. — Drill harrow. See under 6th Drill. — Under the harrow, subjected to actual torture with a toothed instrument, or to great affliction or oppression.