Definition of furrow

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Furrow (n.) Any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal; a wrinkle on the face; as, the furrows of age..

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Pruner :: Pruner (n.) Any one of several species of beetles whose larvae gnaw the branches of trees so as to cause them to fall, especially the American oak pruner (Asemum moestum), whose larva eats the pith of oak branches, and when mature gnaws a circular furrow on the inside nearly to the bark. When the branches fall each contains a pupa..
Ridge :: Ridge (n.) A raised line or strip, as of ground thrown up by a plow or left between furrows or ditches, or as on the surface of metal, cloth, or bone, etc..
Ploughshare :: Ploughshare (n.) The share of a plow, or that part which cuts the slice of earth or sod at the bottom of the furrow..
Trench :: Trench (v. t.) To cut furrows or ditches in; as, to trench land for the purpose of draining it..
Balk :: Balk (v. i.) A ridge of land left unplowed between furrows, or at the end of a field; a piece missed by the plow slipping aside..
Thorough :: Thorough (n.) A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water..
Loll :: Loll (v. i.) To let the tongue hang from the mouth, as an ox, dog, or other animal, when heated by labor; as, the ox stood lolling in the furrow..
Rivose :: Rivose (a.) Marked with sinuate and irregular furrows.
Raphe :: Raphe (n.) A line, ridge, furrow, or band of fibers, especially in the median line; as, the raphe of the tongue..
Lacunous :: Lacunous (a.) Furrowed or pitted; having shallow cavities or lacunae; as, a lacunose leaf..
Water Furrow :: Water furrow () A deep furrow for conducting water from the ground, and keeping the surface soil dry..
Trisulcate :: Trisulcate (a.) Having three furrows, forks, or prongs; having three grooves or sulci; three-grooved..
Furrow :: Furrow (n.) To mark with channels or with wrinkles.
Ploughfoot :: Ploughfoot (n.) An adjustable staff formerly attached to the plow beam to determine the depth of the furrow.
Contourniated :: Contourniated (a.) Having furrowed edges, as if turned in a lathe..
Pucker :: Pucker (v. t. & i.) To gather into small folds or wrinkles; to contract into ridges and furrows; to corrugate; -- often with up; as, to pucker up the mouth..
Furrow :: Furrow (n.) A trench in the earth made by, or as by, a plow..
Indenture :: Indenture (v. t.) To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow..
Wrinkle :: Wrinkle (v. t.) To contract into furrows and prominences; to make a wrinkle or wrinkles in; to corrugate; as, wrinkle the skin or the brow..
Frizel :: Frizel (a.) A movable furrowed piece of steel struck by the flint, to throw sparks into the pan, in an early form of flintlock..
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