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plow staff
(gcide) | 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.
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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.
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Thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon. --Deut.
xxiii. 13.
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3. One of the broad boards, or floats, at the circumference
of a water wheel, or paddle wheel.
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4. A small gate in sluices or lock gates to admit or let off
water; -- also called clough.
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5. (Zool.) A paddle-shaped foot, as of the sea turtle.
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6. A paddle-shaped implement for stirring or mixing.
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7. [In this sense prob. for older spaddle, a dim. of spade.]
See Paddle staff (b), below. [Prov. Eng.]
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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.
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Plow staff
(gcide) | 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.
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Where fern succeeds ungrateful to the plow.
--Dryden.
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2. Fig.: Agriculture; husbandry. --Johnson.
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3. A carucate of land; a plowland. [Obs.] [Eng.]
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Johan, mine eldest son, shall have plowes five.
--Tale of
Gamelyn.
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4. A joiner's plane for making grooves; a grooving plane.
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5. (Bookbinding) An implement for trimming or shaving off the
edges of books.
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6. (Astron.) Same as Charles's Wain.
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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.
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Plow staff
(gcide) | 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.
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3. One of the broad boards, or floats, at the circumference
of a water wheel, or paddle wheel.
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4. A small gate in sluices or lock gates to admit or let off
water; -- also called clough.
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5. (Zool.) A paddle-shaped foot, as of the sea turtle.
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6. A paddle-shaped implement for stirring or mixing.
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7. [In this sense prob. for older spaddle, a dim. of spade.]
See Paddle staff (b), below. [Prov. Eng.]
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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] paddleboxPlow \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.
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Where fern succeeds ungrateful to the plow.
--Dryden.
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2. Fig.: Agriculture; husbandry. --Johnson.
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3. A carucate of land; a plowland. [Obs.] [Eng.]
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Johan, mine eldest son, shall have plowes five.
--Tale of
Gamelyn.
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4. A joiner's plane for making grooves; a grooving plane.
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5. (Bookbinding) An implement for trimming or shaving off the
edges of books.
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6. (Astron.) Same as Charles's Wain.
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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.
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