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plowshare

[ plou-shair ]

noun

  1. the cutting part of the moldboard of a plow; share.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of plowshare1

First recorded in 1350–1400, plowshare is from the Middle English word plowghschare. See plow, share 2
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Example Sentences

It was a reference to the prophet Isaiah, whose memorable words from the Bible referred to soldiers beating their swords into plowshares, turning weapons of war into farm implements.

I am gazing again upon the sepulchre of the old South, after the plowshare of war and reconstruction had run the last furrow.

I do not exaggerate very grossly when I say that a blacksmith would have hammered a plowshare out of his hard face.

He stepped to the adjoining field, and, selecting a clod with the steely polish of the plowshare upon it, threw it at the mare.

The beaver and the mink de42sert the streams whenever the plowshare disturbs the soil.

All his farming had been done with calloused hands on the plowshare.

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