Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hook used for cutting away or extirpatirrg weeds. Tusser, Husbandry.
- noun An attachment to a plow for bending the weeds over in front of the share so that they may be covered by the inverted sod.
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(Oxford English Dictionary) [21.1] A reap-hook is "an agricultural implement with a crescent-shaped blade and sharp inner edge for lopping or cutting, as a weed-hook; esp. a reaping-hook."
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[65.1] A reap hook is "an agricultural implement with a crescent-shaped blade and sharp inner edge for lopping or cutting, as a weed-hook; esp. a reaping-hook.
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