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Definition of Furrow

Furrow
Furrow Fur"row, n. [OE. forow, forgh, furgh, AS. furh; akin to D. voor, OHG. furuh, G. furche, Dan. fure, Sw. f?ra, Icel. for drain, L. porca ridge between two furrows.] 1. A trench in the earth made by, or as by, a plow. 2. Any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal; a wrinkle on the face; as, the furrows of age. Farrow weed a weed which grows on plowed land. --Shak. To draw a straight furrow, to live correctly; not to deviate from the right line of duty. --Lowell.
Furrow
Furrow Fur"row, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Furrowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Furrowing.] [From Furrow, n.; cf. AS. fyrian.] 1. To cut a furrow in; to make furrows in; to plow; as, to furrow the ground or sea. --Shak. 2. To mark with channels or with wrinkles. Thou canst help time to furrow me with age. --Shak. Fair cheeks were furrowed with hot tears. --Byron.

Meaning of Furrow from wikipedia

- weeds and crop remains to decay. Trenches cut by the plough are called furrows. In modern use, a ploughed field is normally left to dry and then harrowed...
- Ridge and furrow is an archaeological pattern of ridges (Medieval Latin: sliones) and troughs created by a system of ploughing used in Europe during the...
- Look up furrow in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A furrow is a line cut in soil when ploughed in order to plant a crop. Furrow may also refer to: The...
- In cell biology, the cleavage furrow is the indentation of the cell's surface that begins the progression of cleavage, by which animal and some algal cells...
- According to legend, the Devil's Furrow or Devil's Wake (Czech: Čertova brázda) was a clear line in the landscape that was alleged to connect the hermitage...
- The Apollo's belt, also known as Adonis belt, or iliac furrows, is a part of the human anatomy referring to the two shallow grooves of the human abdomen...
- irrigation). Surface irrigation comes in three major types; level basin, furrow and border strip. The process of surface irrigation can be described using...
- The Furrow is an Irish Catholic theological periodical published monthly by Maynooth College. It was founded in 1950 by James G. McGarry, Professor of...
- Barry R. Furrow is an American lawyer, currently at Drexel University and was former Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics. "Barry R...
- 10, 1999, at around 10:50 a.m. PT, American white supremacist Buford O. Furrow Jr. walked into the lobby of the North Valley Jewish Community Center in...