Plow staff

Paddle \Pad"dle\, n. [See {Paddle}, v. i.]
   1. An implement with a broad blade, which is used without a
      fixed fulcrum in propelling and steering canoes and boats.
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   2. The broad part of a paddle, with which the stroke is made;
      hence, any short, broad blade, resembling that of a
      paddle, such as that used in table tennis.
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            Thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon. --Deut.
                                                  xxiii. 13.
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   3. One of the broad boards, or floats, at the circumference
      of a water wheel, or paddle wheel.
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   4. A small gate in sluices or lock gates to admit or let off
      water; -- also called {clough}.
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   5. (Zool.) A paddle-shaped foot, as of the sea turtle.
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   6. A paddle-shaped implement for stirring or mixing.
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   7. [In this sense prob. for older spaddle, a dim. of spade.]
      See {Paddle staff} (b), below. [Prov. Eng.]
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   {Paddle beam} (Shipbuilding), one of two large timbers
      supporting the spring beam and paddle box of a steam
      vessel.

   {Paddle board}. See {Paddle}, n., 3.

   {Paddle shaft}, the revolving shaft which carries the paddle
      wheel of a steam vessel.

   {Paddle staff}.
      (a) A staff tipped with a broad blade, used by mole
          catchers. [Prov. Eng.]
      (b) A long-handled spade used to clean a plowshare; --
          called also {plow staff}. [Prov. Eng.]

   {Paddle steamer}, a steam vessel propelled by paddle wheels,
      in distinction from a screw propeller.

   {Paddle wheel}, the propelling wheel of a steam vessel,
      having paddles (or floats) on its circumference, and
      revolving in a vertical plane parallel to the vessel's
      length.
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Plow \Plow\, Plough \Plough\ (plou), n. [OE. plouh, plou, AS.
   pl[=o]h; akin to D. ploeg, G. pflug, OHG. pfluog, pfluoh,
   Icel. pl[=o]gr, Sw. plog, Dan. ploug, plov, Russ. plug',
   Lith. plugas.]
   1. A well-known implement, drawn by horses, mules, oxen, or
      other power, for turning up the soil to prepare it for
      bearing crops; also used to furrow or break up the soil
      for other purposes; as, the subsoil plow; the draining
      plow.
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            Where fern succeeds ungrateful to the plow.
                                                  --Dryden.
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   2. Fig.: Agriculture; husbandry. --Johnson.
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   3. A carucate of land; a plowland. [Obs.] [Eng.]
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            Johan, mine eldest son, shall have plowes five.
                                                  --Tale of
                                                  Gamelyn.
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   4. A joiner's plane for making grooves; a grooving plane.
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   5. (Bookbinding) An implement for trimming or shaving off the
      edges of books.
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   6. (Astron.) Same as {Charles's Wain}.
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   {Ice plow}, a plow used for cutting ice on rivers, ponds,
      etc., into cakes suitable for storing. [U. S.]

   {Mackerel plow}. See under {Mackerel}.

   {Plow alms}, a penny formerly paid by every plowland to the
      church. --Cowell.

   {Plow beam}, that part of the frame of a plow to which the
      draught is applied. See {Beam}, n., 9.

   {Plow Monday}, the Monday after Twelth Day, or the end of
      Christmas holidays.

   {Plow staff}.
      (a) A kind of long-handled spade or paddle for cleaning
          the plowshare; a paddle staff.
      (b) A plow handle.

   {Snow plow}, a structure, usually [Lambda]-shaped, for
      removing snow from sidewalks, railroads, etc., -- drawn or
      driven by a horse or a locomotive.
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