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plǒugh
n.
204 quotations in 11 senses
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(a) A plow; also, a plow with its draft animal(s; --also coll.; (b)
gates of the plough
, furrows;
plough lenge
, the length of a plowshare; ?the length of a plow; (c)
gon (gangan) at the plough, gon
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