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Harrow
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.
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One who cultivates; as, a cultivator of the soil; a cultivator of literature.
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See Plow.
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Alt. of Plough
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One who tills; a husbandman; a cultivator; a plowman.
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To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…
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A discus; a quoit.
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A discus; a quoit.
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Synonym 1
A discus; a quoit.
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