Where fern succeeds ungrateful to the plow.
--Dryden.
2. Fig.: Agriculture; husbandry. --Johnson.
3. A carucate of land; a plowland. [Obs.] [Eng.]
Johan, mine eldest son, shall have plowes five.
--Tale of
Gamelyn.
4. A joiner's plane for making grooves; a grooving plane.
5. (Bookbinding) An implement for trimming or shaving off the
edges of books.
6. (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) A kind of long-handled spade or paddle for cleaning
the plowshare; a paddle staff.
(b) 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.
2. To furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in; to run
through, as in sailing.
Let patient Octavia plow thy visage up With her
prepared nails. --Shak.
With speed we plow the watery way. --Pope.
3. (Bookbinding) To trim, or shave off the edges of, as a
book or paper, with a plow. See {Plow}, n., 5.
4. (Joinery) To cut a groove in, as in a plank, or the edge
of a board; especially, a rectangular groove to receive
the end of a shelf or tread, the edge of a panel, a
tongue, etc.
{To plow in}, to cover by plowing; as, to plow in wheat.
Doth the plowman plow all day to sow ? --Isa. xxviii.
24.