back-furrowv.
U.S.
transitive and intransitive. To plough (land) so that a second furrow-slice is laid against the face of the first by ploughing in the reverse direction. Also back-furrow n., back-furrowing n.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > [noun] > other systems of ploughing
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > [noun] > furrow
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > plough (of person) [verb (intransitive)] > methods of turning furrow
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > plough (land) [verb (transitive)] > other systems of ploughing
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > plough (land) [verb (transitive)] > methods of turning furrow
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1855 Trans. Illinois State Agric. Soc. 1853–4 1 425 Plow first out from the row on both sides, then finish by back-furrowing, so as to leave the row a trifle higher than the surrounding surface.
1858 C. L. Flint Milch Cows 191 When arrived at the end of the piece, a back furrow is turned up to the potatoes.
1861 Trans. Illinois State Agric. Soc. 1859–60 4 113 Mr. K. K. Jones..had his land plowed deep, [and] back furrowed it in beds twenty-four feet wide.
1861 Trans. Illinois State Agric. Soc. 1859–60 4 392 This mode of plowing (called ‘back-furrowing’) is always to be observed when the track of the road is plowed.
1874 2nd Rep. Vermont State Board Agric. 1873–4 239 I plow and harrow again, and then in a few days back-furrow in ridges with a side hill plow.
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