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or DARTER, a genus of birds belonging to the order anseres. See ORNITHOLOGY Index.

PLough, in Agriculture, a machine for turning up the soil by the action of cattle, contrived to save the time, labour, and expense, which, without this instrument, must have been employed in digging the ground, and fitting it for receiving all sorts of seed. See AGRICULTURE.

PLoughman, the person who guides the plough in the operation of tillage.

PLoughing, in Agriculture, the turning up the earth with a plough. See AGRICULTURE, paffim.