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单词 ristle
释义 ˈristle Sc.
Also 9 restle.
[Gael. risteal, a. ON. ristill (Norw. ristel): see etym. note to reest n.]
A kind of plough formerly used in the Hebrides. Also attrib.
1703M. Martin Desc. W. Islands 53 They have a little Plough also call'd Ristle, i.e. a thing that cleaves, the Culter of which is in Form of a Sickle, and it is drawn sometimes by One, and sometimes by Two Horses, according as the Ground is.1808Forsyth Beauties Scotl. V. 470 Two men with two horses first guide and drag the restle, which cuts without opening the furrow.1879Mem. Ochiltree 53 The ristle plough..seems to have been capable only of making a deep scratch on the soil.
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