Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Furrow"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Furrow
an opening in the ground made by the plough (Ps. 65:10; Hos.
10:4, 10).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Furrow \Fur"row\, n. [OE. forow, forgh, furgh, AS. furh; akin to
D. voor, OHG. furuh, G. furche, Dan. fure, Sw. f?ra, Icel.
for drain, L. porca ridge between two furrows.]
1. A trench in the earth made by, or as by, a plow.
2. Any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal; a
wrinkle on the face; as, the furrows of age.
{Farrow weed} a weed which grows on plowed land. --Shak.
{To draw a straight furrow}, to live correctly; not to
deviate from the right line of duty. --Lowell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Furrow \Fur"row\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Furrowed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Furrowing}.] [From {Furrow}, n.; cf. AS. fyrian.]
1. To cut a furrow in; to make furrows in; to plow; as, to
furrow the ground or sea. --Shak.
2. To mark with channels or with wrinkles.
Thou canst help time to furrow me with age. --Shak.
Fair cheeks were furrowed with hot tears. --Byron.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
furrow
n 1: a long shallow trench in the ground (especially one made by
a plow)
2: a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his
face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"
[syn: {wrinkle}, {crease}, {crinkle}, {seam}, {line}]
v 1: hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove; "furrow soil"
[syn: {rut}, {groove}]
2: make wrinkled or creased; "furrow one's brow" [syn: {wrinkle},
{crease}]
3: cut a furrow into a columns [syn: {chamfer}, {chase}]
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