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Search phrase: plough

Plays

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
Antony and CleopatraAC II.ii.233.1He ploughed her, and she cropped.He ploughed her, and she cropt.
Antony and CleopatraAC IV.xii.38Patient Octavia plough thy visage upPatient Octauia, plough thy visage vp
CoriolanusCor III.i.71Which we ourselves have ploughed for, sowed, and scatteredWhich we our selues haue plowed for, sow'd, & scatter'd,
CoriolanusCor V.iii.34Plough Rome and harrow Italy! I'll neverPlough Rome, and harrow Italy, Ile neuer
Henry IV Part 22H4 V.i.16and plough-irons.And Plough-Irons.
King Edward IIIE3 III.i.78They plough the ocean hitherward amain.They plough the Ocean hitherward amayne:
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.ii.872a votary; I have vowed to Jaquenetta to hold the plougha Votarie, I haue vow'd to Iaquenetta to holde the Plough
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.ii.893And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks,And merrie Larkes are Ploughmens clockes:
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND II.i.94The ploughman lost his sweat, and the green cornThe Ploughman lost his sweat, and the greene Corne
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND V.i.363Whilst the heavy ploughman snoresWhilest the heauy ploughman snores,
PericlesPer IV.vi.143is, she shall be ploughed.is, shee shall be plowed.
Richard IIR2 I.iii.128Of civil wounds ploughed up with neighbours' sword,Of ciuill wounds plowgh'd vp with neighbors swords,
Timon of AthensTim IV.iii.194Dry up thy marrows, vines and plough-torn leas,Dry vp thy Marrowes, Vines, and Plough-torne Leas,
Timon of AthensTim V.i.48'Tis thou that riggest the bark and ploughest the foam,'Tis thou that rigg'st the Barke, and plow'st the Fome,
Titus AndronicusTit IV.ii.86Sooner this sword shall plough thy bowels up!Sooner this sword shall plough thy bowels vp.
Troilus and CressidaTC I.i.60Hard as the palm of ploughman! This thou tell'st me,Hard as the palme of Plough-man. This thou tel'st me;
Troilus and CressidaTC II.i.105 – yoke you like draught-oxen, and make you plough upyoke you like draft-Oxen, and make you plough vp
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK II.ii.28Let the plough play today; I'll tickle't outLet the plough play to day, ile tick'lt out

Poems

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
The Rape of LucreceLuc.958 To cheer the ploughman with increaseful crops, To cheare the Plowman with increasefull crops,

Glossary

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Charles's Wain[wagon of Charlemagne] the Plough, Ursa Major
coulterblade fixed in front of a ploughshare
earplough, break through
earplough, till, cultivate
earingploughing
fallowarea of arable land, ploughed field
furrow-weedweed growing in the furrows of ploughed fields
hade landstrip of land left unploughed in a field
unearedunsown, unploughed, untilled

Thesaurus

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blade of a ploughsharecoulter
field, ploughedfallow
land, strip left unploughedhade land
ploughear
ploughear
ploughed fieldfallow
ploughingearing
ploughshare, blade of acoulter
strip of land left unploughedhade land
unplougheduneared
unploughed strip of landhade land

Themes and Topics

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Cosmos...h4 ii i 2 [wagon of charlemagne] the plough ursa major dog-days h8 v i...
Plants...ing weed growing on the furrows of a ploughed field hardoke kl iv iv 4 ...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
EARING [ploughing]BASICearing n
EARING [ploughing]NOTuneared adj
IRONOBJECTplough-iron n
MANJOBploughman n
PLOUGHBASICplough n, plough v
PLOUGHOBJECTplough-iron n
PLOUGHPEOPLEploughman n
PLOUGHSTATEplough-torn adj
TEAR [rip]STATEplough-torn adj
TILL [plough]BASICtillage n, tilled adj
UNEAREDBASICsee EARING [ploughing]

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