furrow

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With some plows the width of the furrow is adjusted by moving the beam at its attachment to the handles A share_, called by some the point, which shears the bottom of the furrow slice from the land.

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  1. noun A long, narrow, shallow trench made in the ground by a plow.
  2. noun A rut, groove, or narrow depression: snow drifting in furrows.
  3. noun A deep wrinkle in the skin, as on the forehead.

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  • They were each assigned a sack and furrow, and followed others in scrabbling for the potatoes. —  open source theology - Comments
  • Like water flowing down a furrow, my cattle went to pasture where I could make a higher profit. —  Opinion Source: Delivering summaries of editorial and op-ed pieces from major papers by email.
  • Using gravity, the furrow, which is several hundred metres long, runs over a "bridge" across the river before emptying its load into a pipe. —  Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed
  • The old laborer worked slowly, silently, and without waste of effort His docile team were in no greater haste than he; but, thanks to the undistracted steadiness of his toil and the judicious expenditure of his strength, his furrow was as soon plowed as that of his son, who was driving, at some distance from him, four less vigorous oxen through a more stubborn and stony piece of ground My attention was next caught by a fine spectacle, a truly noble subject for a painter. —  La mare au diable. English
  • When the furrow or very deep "rib" is seen close to the edge, the illness took place about nine months ago; when the furrow is seen about the centre, the date was about from four to five months, and when at the base, about one month previously White spots on the Nails are a sign of general delicacy, and when the Nail is seen covered with small white flecks, the whole nervous system is in a low state of health LONG NARROW NAILS Very narrow Nails (Plate V., Part II. —  Palmistry for All
 

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wrinkle ·  scar ·  gash ·  ridge ·  groove ·  fissure ·  crease ·  streak ·  rut ·  stripe ·  slash ·  forehead

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furrow:   furrowed ·  furrows
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English forwe, from Old English furh.

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  1. Also dial. fur, foor; from Middle English furwe, forowe, forwe, forgh, furch, etc., from Anglo-Saxon furh = OFries. furch = Old Dutch vore, Dutch voor = Middle Low German vore, Low German fore = Old High German furuh, Middle High German vurch, German furche, a furrow (Danish fure = Swedish fåra, a furrow, prob. from Low German), = Icelandic for, a drain. Cf. Latin porca, a ridge between two furrows, a balk.
  2. from Middle English *furwen (not found), from Anglo-Saxon furan (for *furhan), in glosses (Latin sulcare, scribere) (= Old High German furhan, Middle High German furhen, German furchen = Danish fure = Swedish fåra), cut a furrow in, from furh, a furrow: see furrow, n.
 

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