Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A machine for planting Indian corn. It opens the ground to receive the seed, drops it in hills, and then throws back the soil and rolls it smooth.
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Examples
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Just then one adventurous chick which, with the rest of the brood, had been discovered under the corn-planter earlier in the day, jumped out of the box in which it had been kept near the fire.
The Wind Before the Dawn Dell H. Munger
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One of the implements left by Uncle Jeptha had been a one-horse corn-planter with a fertilizer attachment.
Hiram the Young Farmer Burbank L. Todd
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The corn-planter has more to fear from dry weather than the peanut-planter.
The Peanut Plant Its Cultivation And Uses B. W. Jones
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I procured an introduction to the young _corn-planter_, son to a chief of the six nations, who is here for his education.
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Every time the Cardinal lifted his voice, the clip of the corn-planter ceased, and Abram hung on the notes and studied them over.
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The farmer leaned on his corn-planter and listened to him intently.
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Mr. Stanley and his stout older son overhauled the work-harness and tinkered the corn-planter.
The Friendly Road: New Adventures in Contentment David Grayson 1908
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They espied Fred driving a corn-planter across a long level field, and stopped the car.
Otherwise Phyllis Meredith Nicholson 1906
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She watched Fred's slow progress with the corn-planter in the field below.
Otherwise Phyllis Meredith Nicholson 1906
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Every time the Cardinal lifted his voice, the clip of the corn-planter ceased, and Abram hung on the notes and studied them over.
The Song of the Cardinal Gene Stratton-Porter 1893
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