rotary plow

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noun

a tined auger mounted on a horizontal power-driven shaft, for pulverizing unplowed soil preparatory to planting.

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Also called rotary tiller.

Origin of rotary plow

First recorded in 1885–90

Words nearby rotary plow

rotary engine, rotary harrow, rotary hoe, rotary joint, rotary plough, rotary plow, rotary press, rotary pump, rotary shutter, rotary-till, rotary tiller

How to use rotary plow in a sentence

Inquiries will be accepted only via Western Union telegram or rotary phone.
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Think the Frogtown settlers rinsed their tonsils with something that was “too wet to plow and too thick to drink”?
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Speed-the-Plow is a particularly interesting choice for Lohan.
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The Times, carefully couching its words, said it spoke with Lohan about a “potential appearance” in Speed-the-Plow.
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Cincinnatus will not back to his plow, or, at the best, stands sullenly between his plow-handles arguing for a higher wage.
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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.
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They do not have to plow or dig, or perform any other cultivation than that of clearing the land where they are to plant.
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The mode of culture is to plow between the rows and hoe the plants carefully.
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Scattergood had first encountered her when she came to his hardware store to buy a plow.
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