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Harrowed

Harrow \Har"row\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Harrowed (h[a^]r"r[-o]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Harrowing.] [OE. harowen, harwen; cf. Dan. harve. See Harrow, n.]

  1. To draw a harrow over, as for the purpose of breaking clods and leveling the surface, or for covering seed; as, to harrow land.

    Will he harrow the valleys after thee?
    --Job xxxix. 10.

  2. To break or tear, as with a harrow; to wound; to lacerate; to torment or distress; to vex.

    My aged muscles harrowed up with whips.
    --Rowe.

    I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul.
    --Shak.

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harrowed

vb. (en-past of: harrow)

Usage examples of "harrowed".

And when these fields were disked and harrowed, the land presented the appearance of an endless table, flat and uniform, the surface of the soil consisting of fine dust.

Almanzo had harrowed the fields, he had helped in the harvest, and now he was threshing.

Gasping, wretched and sick with exhaustion and harrowed dignity, Corley knew that now not even his mother would recognize him from his demon counterpart.

Though tired and harrowed to the heart, the three of them had no choice but ride north without delay.

When the others had departed, they remained behind, staring at the plowed strips, each covered with harrowed earth almost as fine as the grains from a river bottom.

The wind gets started as it comes down off the hills and begins to pick up the harrowed soil.

As his fingers grazed the rim of the first circle, she forced a thread of awareness between the turbulence that harrowed his thoughts.

Huang began, his voice harrowed with the agony of grief, horror, and guilt.

Second Fleet paid a terrible price, but its fleet organization was intact, and the Theban squadrons had been harrowed and riven by the preliminary bombardment.

Their squadrons had not been harrowed by his own earlier losses in Kliean and Telmasa, and their experience showed.

It kept the news from being real while she grappled with what she had to do, and she turned to her com screen as Raymond Prescott's exhausted, harrowed face appeared upon it.

The cool scent of pine yielded to the smell of harrowed earth and crops that teased at Morgon’s crow-instincts.

He was staring ahead of him into the fire, his face harrowed, colorless.