A plough or plow (US; both /plaʊ/) is a farm tool for loosening or turning the soil before sowing seed or planting. Ploughs were traditionally drawn by...
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Look up Plough or plough in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A plough (or plow) is a tool used in farming for initial cultivation of soil. Plough or The...
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Plough Lane, currently known as the Cherry Red Records Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-purpose football stadium in Wimbledon, south-west London...
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A fire plough (or fire plow) is a firelighting tool. In its simplest form, it is two sticks rubbed together. Rubbing produces friction and heat, and eventually...
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Starry Plough may refer to: Starry Plough (flag), a banner of the former Irish Citizen Army, subsequently adopted by other Irish political organizations...
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Schering-Plough Corporation was an American pharmaceutical company. It was originally the U.S. subsidiary of the German company Schering AG, which was...
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The Starry Plough banner (Irish: An Camchéachta – the bent plough) is a flag which was originally used by the Irish Citizen Army, a socialist Irish republican...
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Plough Monday is the traditional start of the English agricultural year. Plough Monday is the first Monday after Epiphany, 6 January. References to Plough...
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The Petty Plough was a steerable plough developed by brothers Frank and Herbert Petty of Doncaster, Victoria, Australia in the early 1930s. Frank and...
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Plough Sunday is a traditional English celebration of the beginning of the agricultural year that has seen some revival over recent years. Plough Sunday...
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Haswell Plough is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated between Durham and Peterlee, south of Haswell. Haswell Plough was first mentioned...
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A ploughing match is a contest between people who each plough part of a field. Nowadays there are usually classes for horse-drawn ploughs and for tractor...
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The Plough (French: Le Grand Chariot) is a 2023 drama film co-written and directed by Philippe Garrel. Starring Louis Garrel, Damien Mongin, Esther Garrel...
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Halasana (redirect from Plough pose)
Halasana (Sanskrit: हलासन; IAST: halāsana) or Plough pose is an inverted asana in hatha yoga and modern yoga as exercise. Its variations include Karnapidasana...
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A railroad plough is a rail vehicle which supports an immensely strong, hook-shaped plough. It is used for destruction of railroad ties in warfare, as...
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To a Mouse (redirect from To A Mouse, on Turning Her Up in Her Nest, With The Plough)
"To a Mouse, on Turning Her Up in Her Nest With the Plough, November, 1785" is a Scots-language poem written by Robert Burns in 1785. It was included in...
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The Walle Plough (German: Pflug von Walle) is an ancient plough discovered in 1927 by peat cutters outside Walle, near Aurich, East Frisia (Germany)....
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The Plough and Stars is a bar and music venue in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1969 by brothers Peter and Padraig O'Malley, named after the...
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Alfred George Gardiner (redirect from Alpha of the Plough)
journalist, editor and author. His essays, written under the alias "Alpha of the Plough", are highly regarded. He was also Chairman of the National Anti-Sweating...
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The Plough and the Stars is a four-act play by the Irish writer Seán O'Casey that was first performed on 8 February 1926 at the Abbey Theatre. It is set...
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Timothy Plough (PLOW; born June 24, 1985) is an American college football coach and former player. He is head football coach for the University of California...
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Subsoiler (redirect from Subsoil plough)
loosening and breaking up soil at depths below the levels worked by moldboard ploughs, disc harrows, or rototillers. Most such tools will break up and turn over...
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Big Dipper (redirect from The Plough)
The Big Dipper (US, Canada) or the plough (UK, Ireland) is a large asterism consisting of seven bright stars of the constellation Ursa Major; six of them...
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The Plough at Eaves is a public house on Eaves Lane in Eaves, Lancashire, a hamlet of Woodplumpton. It is owned by Thwaites Brewery. Dating to 1625, when...
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Bruderhof Communities (redirect from Plough Publishing House)
and World Vision. The Bruderhof's Plough Publishing House publishes books and a magazine called Plough Quarterly. Plough publishes spiritual classics, inspirational...
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209°W / 50.919; -4.209 The Plough Arts Centre is a theatre, cinema and art gallery in Torrington, North Devon, England. The Plough is situated in a former...
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Traction engine (redirect from Ploughing engine)
traction engine is a steam-powered tractor used to move heavy loads on roads, plough ground or to provide power at a chosen location. The name derives from the...
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Communist symbolism (section Plough or Starry Plough)
star with a golden image of a plough and a hammer in the center was approved. The star symbolized protection, while the plough and the hammer were read as...
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The foot plough is a type of plough used like a spade with the foot in order to cultivate the ground. Before the widespread use of metal farm tools from...
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The Debate between the hoe and the plough (CSL 5.3.1) is a work of Sumerian literature and one of the six extant works belonging to this literature's genre...
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