Harrow

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1. Noun

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. Noun

An obstacle formed by turning an ordinary harrow upside down, the frame being buried.

3. Noun

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

4. Noun

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

5. Interjection

Help! Halloo! An exclamation of distress; a call for succor;-the ancient Norman hue and cry.

6. Verb

To pillage; to harry; to oppress.

7. Noun

a cultivator that pulverizes or smooths the soil
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