The Collaborative International Dictionary
Plow \Plow\, Plough \Plough\ (plou), n. [OE. plouh, plou, AS. pl[=o]h; akin to D. ploeg, G. pflug, OHG. pfluog, pfluoh, Icel. pl[=o]gr, Sw. plog, Dan. ploug, plov, Russ. plug', Lith. plugas.]
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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. Fig.: Agriculture; husbandry.
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A carucate of land; a plowland. [Obs.] [Eng.]
Johan, mine eldest son, shall have plowes five.
--Tale of Gamelyn. A joiner's plane for making grooves; a grooving plane.
(Bookbinding) An implement for trimming or shaving off the edges of books.
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(Astron.) Same as Charles's Wain. Ice plow, a plow used for cutting ice on rivers, ponds, etc., into cakes suitable for storing. [U. S.] 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 kind of long-handled spade or paddle for cleaning the plowshare; a paddle staff.
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A plow handle.
Snow plow, a structure, usually [Lambda]-shaped, for removing snow from sidewalks, railroads, etc., -- drawn or driven by a horse or a locomotive.
Wiktionary
alt. 1 A vehicle that is used to push snow off surfaces such as roads. 2 A device attached to a vehicle to enable it to be used for removing snow. 3 A maneuver/manoeuvre in skiing in which the tips of the skis point inwards and the back ends point outwards, imitating a snow plow. n. 1 A vehicle that is used to push snow off surfaces such as roads. 2 A device attached to a vehicle to enable it to be used for removing snow. 3 A maneuver/manoeuvre in skiing in which the tips of the skis point inwards and the back ends point outwards, imitating a snow plow. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To clear (roads, etc) using a snow plow. 2 (context intransitive English) To perform a snow plow in skiing.
Usage examples of "snow plow".
A pickup with a snow plow and spike wheels/snow chains should be able to keep this track open for much longer in winter.
The Department of Public Works had not had to call out a single snow plow or digging crew.
It landed like a snow plow dropped two miles from a supply plane without benefit of parachute.