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reˈplough, v.
[re- 5 a.]
trans. To plough again, lit. and fig. Hence reˈploughing vbl. n.
1733Tull Horse-Hoeing Husb. xi. (Dubl.) 113 This way of Re-plowing the Ridges, moves all the Earth of them. Ibid., That will hinder the Re-plowing of the first Furrows. 1793tr. Gresset's Ver-Vert iv. (ed. 2) 39 The vessel stood Unmoor'd, and ready to replough the flood. 1856Froude Hist. Eng. I. 28 The farms were rebuilt, the lands reploughed, the island repeopled. |