2. Verb. (third-person singular of harrow) ¹
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Definition of Harrows
1. harrow [v] - See also: harrow
Lexicographical Neighbors of Harrows
Literary usage of Harrows
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. European Agriculture and Rural Economy by Henry Colman (1851)
"The balks of the above set of harrows were made of wood, in order to insure
extraordinary lightness; but, for general purposes, ï prefer those made of iron, ..."
2. An Encyclopædia of Agriculture: Comprising the Theory and Practice of the by John Claudius Loudon (1826)
"Of harrows. 2569. The harrows most generally used (Jig. 321.) are of an oblong
shape, each containing twenty prongs or tines, five or six inches long ..."
3. The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York by Daniel Defoe (1790)
"In a word, I went down to my farm, fettled my family, bought me ploughs, harrows,
a cart, waggon, ..."
4. Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England by Royal Agricultural Society of England (1856)
"17, as the best Drag-harrows for general purposes; invented and ... WILLIAM WILLIAMS,
of Bedford: the Prize of Two SOVEREIGNS, for his Pair of Drag-harrows, ..."
5. A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts by William Nicholson (1811)
"One pair of my harrows answer the purposes of three or more pairs made upon the old
... My harrows are so constructed as to be contracted, or expanded, ..."
6. American Agricultural Implements: A Review of Invention and Development in by Robert L. Ardrey (1894)
"harrows. AI/THOUGH the harrow is of far less antiquity than the plow, ...
Pliny says: "After seed is put in the ground harrows with long teeth are drawn ..."
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