5. (Bookbinding)
Defn: An implement for trimming or shaving off the edges of books.
6. (Astron.)
Defn: 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
PLOW; PLOUGH Plow, Plough, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plowed (ploud) or Ploughed; p. pr. & vb. n. Plowing or Ploughing.]
1. To turn up, break up, or trench, with a plow; to till with, or as with, a plow; as, to plow the ground; to plow a field.
2. To furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in; to run through,
as in sailing.
Let patient Octavia plow thy visage up With her prepared nails. Shak.
With speed we plow the watery way. Pope.
3. (Bookbinding)
Defn: To trim, or shave off the edges of, as a book or paper, with a plow. See Plow, n., 5.
4. (Joinery)