'Plow staff' definitions:

Definition of 'Plow staff'

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  • Plow \Plow\, Plough \Plough\ (plou), n. [OE. plouh, plou, AS. pl[=o]h; akin to D. ploeg, G. pflug, OHG. pfluog, pfluoh, Icel. pl[=o]gr, Sw. plog, Dan. ploug, plov, Russ. plug', Lith. plugas.]
  • 1. A well-known implement, drawn by horses, mules, oxen, or other power, for turning up the soil to prepare it for bearing crops; also used to furrow or break up the soil for other purposes; as, the subsoil plow; the draining plow. [1913 Webster]
  • Where fern succeeds ungrateful to the plow. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Fig.: Agriculture; husbandry. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A carucate of land; a plowland. [Obs.] [Eng.] [1913 Webster]
  • Johan, mine eldest son, shall have plowes five. --Tale of Gamelyn. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A joiner's plane for making grooves; a grooving plane. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Bookbinding) An implement for trimming or shaving off the edges of books. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. (Astron.) Same as Charles's Wain. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster] Plow

Definition of 'plow staff'

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  • Paddle \Pad"dle\, n. [See Paddle, v. i.]
  • 1. An implement with a broad blade, which is used without a fixed fulcrum in propelling and steering canoes and boats. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The broad part of a paddle, with which the stroke is made; hence, any short, broad blade, resembling that of a paddle, such as that used in table tennis. [1913 Webster]
  • Thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon. --Deut. xxiii. 13. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. One of the broad boards, or floats, at the circumference of a water wheel, or paddle wheel. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A small gate in sluices or lock gates to admit or let off water; -- also called clough. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Zool.) A paddle-shaped foot, as of the sea turtle. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. A paddle-shaped implement for stirring or mixing. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. [In this sense prob. for older spaddle, a dim. of spade.] See Paddle staff (b), below. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
  • Paddle beam (Shipbuilding), one of two large timbers supporting the spring beam and paddle box of a steam vessel.
  • Paddle board. See Paddle, n., 3.
  • Paddle shaft, the revolving shaft which carries the paddle wheel of a steam vessel.
  • Paddle staff. (a) A staff tipped with a broad blade, used by mole catchers. [Prov. Eng.] (b) A long-handled spade used to clean a plowshare; -- called also plow staff. [Prov. Eng.]
  • Paddle steamer, a steam vessel propelled by paddle wheels, in distinction from a screw propeller.
  • Paddle wheel, the propelling wheel of a steam vessel, having paddles (or floats) on its circumference, and revolving in a vertical plane parallel to the vessel's length. [1913 Webster] paddlebox