Definitions
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- noun Alternative spelling of
plowshare .
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- noun a sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil
Etymologies
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Examples
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Only by the ploughshare is the earth cut in furrows; but that this may be, other parts of the plough are necessary.
A Source Book for Ancient Church History Joseph Cullen Ayer 1905
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Sharing recently some online leads hinting that the aforementioned Indic word kapr̥t- is fundamentally 'ploughshare' rather than 'penis', I've met some disbelieving resistance.
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It's primary meaning is 'ploughshare' and its secondary meaning is precisely 'penis' or 'membrum virile' in VictorianSpeak, if you may.
Archive 2010-09-01 2010
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Sharing recently some online leads hinting that the aforementioned Indic word kapr̥t- is fundamentally 'ploughshare' rather than 'penis', I've met some disbelieving resistance.
Archive 2010-09-01 2010
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It's primary meaning is 'ploughshare' and its secondary meaning is precisely 'penis' or 'membrum virile' in VictorianSpeak, if you may.
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To the 'ploughshare' and the 'plough' the Rig Veda has an hymn (IV.
The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow Edward Washburn Hopkins 1894
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In a characteristic Spielberg move, this prefatory sequence is conceived in miraculous terms: the horse and his boy surging triumphantly over the stony ground, driving their ploughshare through solid rock to a persistently soaring soundtrack.
War Horse – review 2011
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All too often, the problem is not that the axiom is unhelpful or untrue, but that over time it has come, ploughshare into sword, to be adopted by one side or the other as a weapon.
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All too often, the problem is not that the axiom is unhelpful or untrue, but that over time it has come, ploughshare into sword, to be adopted by one side or the other as a weapon.
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Rather than turn your sword into a ploughshare, why not combine your plough with a medium-sized artillery piece?
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