chisel plow

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a soil tillage device pulled by a tractor or animal, used to break up and stir soil a foot or more beneath the surface without turning it.

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Question 1 of 7

The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

Also called chisel.

Think the Frogtown settlers rinsed their tonsils with something that was “too wet to plow and too thick to drink”?
Toledo: The Town Too Tough for Toxic Water|P. J. O’Rourke|August 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She also was handy, hammering nails into walls and using a heat gun to chisel glue off the floor.
The Wonderful Weirdness of Christine McConnell, Queen of Creepy Cookies|Tim Teeman|July 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Speed-the-Plow is a particularly interesting choice for Lohan.
Lindsay Lohan May Star in a West End Play. Is She Crazy?|Kevin Fallon|June 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Times, carefully couching its words, said it spoke with Lohan about a “potential appearance” in Speed-the-Plow.
Lindsay Lohan May Star in a West End Play. Is She Crazy?|Kevin Fallon|June 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST

No matter: Christman and her conservative sisters remain unbowed and eager to plow ahead.
The 'RedState Women' Wooing Scheme|Michelle Cottle|April 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Cincinnatus will not back to his plow, or, at the best, stands sullenly between his plow-handles arguing for a higher wage.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
He hired an engine to plow all his land that was not prepared, besides renting a little more, and also took a flier in wheat.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
They do not have to plow or dig, or perform any other cultivation than that of clearing the land where they are to plant.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
He stood up, crowbar in hand, and inserted the chisel blade of the implement between the edge of the door and the doorcase.
Dope|Sax Rohmer
The round form of many of the latter is especially remarkable: they almost seem to have been cut out with a chisel.
A Woman's Journey Round the World|Ida Pfeiffer