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ploughshare
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Princeton's WordNet
plowshare, ploughshare, sharenoun
a sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Ploughsharenoun
The part of the plough that is perpendicular to the coulter.
Etymology: plough and share.
As the earth was turned up, the ploughshare lighted upon a great stone; we pulled that up, and so found some pretty things. Philip Sidney, b. ii.
The pretty innocent walks blindfold among burning ploughshares without being scorched. Joseph Addison, Spectator.
Wikipedia
ploughshare
In agriculture, a plowshare (US) or ploughshare (UK; ) is a component of a plow (or plough). It is the cutting or leading edge of a moldboard which closely follows the coulter (one or more ground-breaking spikes) when plowing. The plowshare itself is often a hardened blade dressed into an integral moldboard (by the blacksmith) so making a unified combination of plowshare and moldboard, the whole being responsible for entering the cleft in the earth (made by the coulter's first cutting-through) and turning the earth over. In well-tilled terrain the plowshare may do duty without a preceding coulter. In modern plows both coulter and plowshare are detachable for easy replacement when worn or broken.
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ploughshare
A ploughshare is the main cutting blade of a plough (also spelled plow), used in farming for cutting through the soil to prepare it for planting. It traditionally has a curved shape and is usually made of steel or iron. This component of the plough turns over the upper layer of the soil, bringing fresh nutrients to the surface.
Webster Dictionary
Ploughsharenoun
the share of a plow, or that part which cuts the slice of earth or sod at the bottom of the furrow
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Ploughshare
plow′shār, n. the part of a plough which shears or cuts the ground in the bottom of the furrow. [Plough, and A.S. scear, a share of a plough, a shearing—sceran, to cut.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of ploughshare in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of ploughshare in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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