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Harrow

Harrow Meaning & Definition
Harrow Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Harrow?

[n] a cultivator that pulverizes or smoothes the soil
[v] draw a harrow over (land)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Harrow: disk

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See Also | cultivator | disc harrow | disk harrow | plough | plow | tiller | turn

Harrow In Webster's Dictionary

\Har"row\ (h[a^]r"r[-o]), n. [OE. harowe, harwe, AS. hearge; cf. D. hark rake, G. harke, Icel. herfi harrow, Dan. harve, Sw. harf. [root]16.] 1. An implement of agriculture, usually formed of pieces of timber or metal crossing each other, and set with iron or wooden teeth. It is drawn over plowed land to level it and break the clods, to stir the soil and make it fine, or to cover seed when sown. 2. (Mil.) An obstacle formed by turning an ordinary harrow upside down, the frame being buried. {Bush harrow}, a kind of light harrow made of bushes, for harrowing grass lands and covering seeds, or to finish the work of a toothed harrow. {Drill harrow}. See under 6th {Drill}. {Under the harrow}, subjected to actual torture with a toothed instrument, or to great affliction or oppression.
\Har"row\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Harrowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Harrowing}.] [OE. harowen, harwen; cf. Dan. harve. See {Harrow}, n.] 1. To draw a harrow over, as for the purpose of breaking clods and leveling the surface, or for covering seed; as, to harrow land. Will he harrow the valleys after thee? --Job xxxix. 10. 2. To break or tear, as with a harrow; to wound; to lacerate; to torment or distress; to vex. My aged muscles harrowed up with whips. --Rowe. I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul. --Shak.
\Har"row\, interj. [OF. harau, haro; fr. OHG. hara, hera, herot, or fr. OS. herod hither, akin to E. here.] Help! Halloo! An exclamation of distress; a call for succor;-the ancient Norman hue and cry. ``Harrow and well away!'' --Spenser. Harrow! alas! here lies my fellow slain. --Chaucer.
\Har"row\, v. t. [See {Harry}.] To pillage; to harry; to oppress. [Obs.] --Spenser. Meaning thereby to harrow his people. --Bacon

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