drill plough

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drill plough - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Drill \Drill\, n.
     1. A small trickling stream; a rill. [Obs.]
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              Springs through the pleasant meadows pour their
              drills.                               --Sandys.
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     2. (Agr.)
        (a) An implement for making holes for sowing seed, and
            sometimes so formed as to contain seeds and drop them
            into the hole made.
        (b) A light furrow or channel made to put seed into
            sowing.
        (c) A row of seed sown in a furrow.
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     Note: Drill is used adjectively, or as the first part of a
           compound; as, drill barrow or drill-barrow; drill
           husbandry; drill plow or drill-plow.
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     Drill barrow, a wheeled implement for planting seed in
        drills.
  
     Drill bow, a small bow used for the purpose of rapidly
        turning a drill around which the bowstring takes a turn.
        
  
     Drill harrow, a harrow used for stirring the ground between
        rows, or drills.
  
     Drill plow, or Drill plough, a sort plow for sowing grain
        in drills.
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