Plow, Plough  n.
 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.
    Where fern succeeds ungrateful to the plow.   --Dryden.
 2. Fig.: Agriculture; husbandry.
 3. A carucate of land; a plowland. [Obs.] [Eng.]
    Johan, mine eldest son, shall have plowes five.   --Tale of Gamelyn.
 4. A joiner's plane for making grooves; a grooving plane.
 5. Bookbinding An implement for trimming or shaving off the edges of books.
 6. Astron. Same as Charles's Wain.
 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 Λ-shaped, for removing snow from sidewalks, railroads, etc., -- drawn or driven by a horse or a locomotive.