PLOW

PLOW. → Shares of, sharpened by the smiths of the Philistines 1Sa 13:20 → Used by Elisha with twelve yoke (pairs) of oxen 1Ki 19:19 → By Job' s servants Job 1:14 → FIGURATIVE
* Of afflictions Ps 129:3

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plow. Plow, v.t. to turn up with a plow

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{ Plow, Plough } (plou), n. [[OE. plouh, plou, AS. plōh; akin to D. ploeg, G. pflug, OHG. pfluog, pfluoh, Icel. plōgr, Sw. plog, Dan. ploug, plov, Russ. plug', Lith. plugas.]] 1. 1. A well-known implement, drawn by horses, mules, oxen, or other power, for turning up the soil to prepare it for bearing crops; also used to furrow or break up the soil for other purposes; as, the subsoil plow; the draining plow.
Where fern succeeds ungrateful to the plow. Dryden. 2. 2. Fig.: Agriculture; husbandry. Johnson.
3. 3. A carucate of land; a plowland.
Johan, mine eldest son, shall have plowes five. Tale of Gamelyn. 4. 4. A joiner's plane for making grooves; a grooving plane.
5. 5. (Bookbinding) An implement for trimming or shaving off the edges of books.
6. 6. (Astron.) Same as Charles's Wain.
Ice plow, a plow used for cutting ice on rivers, ponds, etc., into cakes suitable for storing. — Mackerel plow. See under Mackerel. — Plow alms, a penny formerly paid by every plowland to the church. Cowell. — Plow beam, that part of the frame of a plow to which the draught is applied. See Beam, n., 9. — Plow Monday, the Monday after Twelth Day, or the end of Christmas holidays. — Plow staff. (a) A kind of long-handled spade or paddle for cleaning the plowshare; a paddle staff. (b) A plow handle. — Snow plow, a structure, usually Λ-shaped, for removing snow from sidewalks, railroads, etc., — drawn or driven by a horse or a locomotive.