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1374 [implied in: 1374 in J. Raine Corr., Inventories, Acct. Rolls, & Law Proc. Priory of Coldingham (1841) p. lxxvi (MED) In husbandria..j par de pluynghirins. (at ploughing-iron n.)].

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 405 Plowynge or erynge, aracio.

tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) ii. 73 In deluyng or plowyng [L. sulcis] or dichynge.

?1530 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry (rev. ed.) f. v^v In all maner of plowynges se that thy eye, thy hande, & thy fote may agre, & be alway redy one to serue an other.

1581 J. Derricke Image Irelande sig. Xii^v Rorie Oge maketh the Farmers of Leasse to giue ouer their plowing.

1609 Bible (Douay) I. Gen. xliv. 6 It is two years since the famine began to be upon the land, and five years more remain, wherein there can be neither ploughing nor reaping.

1649 Articles of Peace with Irish Rebels 20 One [Act] prohibiting the plowing with Horses by the tail.

1734 J. Vanderlint Money answers All Things 117 The Demand for them will certainly cause better Wages to be given to Artificers..than Plowing and Sowing will ever do.

1763 J. Mills New Syst. Pract. Husbandry II. 197 On sounding the plowings, I found them deeper.

1792 T. Paine Rights of Man: Pt. Second v. 104 The same landed property would continue, and the same ploughing, sowing, and reaping would go on.

1821 Ld. Byron Jrnl. 6 Jan. in Lett. & Jrnls. (1978) VIII. 15 Music—drawing—dancing—also a little gardening and ploughing now and then.

1864 D. G. Mitchell Wet Days at Edgewood 38 Columella urges, like Cato, frequent ploughings.

1894 R. Kipling Jungle Bk. 71 He had to learn about money, which he did not..understand, and about ploughing, of which he did not see the use.

1958 H. G. Sanders Outl. Brit. Crop Husbandry (ed. 3) 172 Where farmyard manure is not available.., two or three ploughings may be given before ridging up.

1990 L. Ngcobo And they didn't Die x. 127 At dusk he went to discuss with his mother the pointlessness of ploughing in the face of such a drought.

1793 Cabinet-makers' London Bk. Prices (ed. 2) 180 Ploughing and tonguing of the ends of the loose seats... 0 [l.] 0 [s.] 3 [d.].

1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. 47 It is a good method to..unite the different planks by ploughing and tonguing.

1837 N. Whittock et al. Compl. Bk. Trades 103 Grooving or ploughing, by which a narrow channel is excavated out of the thickness of the timber.

1999 R. Wearing Making Woodwork Aids & Devices (rev. ed.) 75 If much ploughing is anticipated an adjustable stop can be fitted to the wooden fence.

1882 E. J. Worboise Sissie xxxiv He just escaped plucking or ploughing—I forget which Dr. Heavisides said—‘by the skin of his teeth’.

1924 Ski Terms in Tourist Winter Sports No. 12/2 Ploughing. Points in, heels wide apart, in a V pointing downwards for slowing down.

1991 F. Foxon Skiing iv. 53 There are two key principles for efficient ploughing.

1770 A. Young Rural Oeconomy i. 16 I shall suppose the ploughs to move 270 days in the year, the plowing teams to be employed..thirty days on other work.

1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles III. xlvi. 104 Far beyond the ploughing-teams, a black speck was seen.

1931 Econ. Hist. Rev. 3 34 The caruca of the Domesday Book did not represent any actual ploughing team, but the ‘ideal’ plough with a team of eight oxen.

2003 Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) (Nexis) 14 May 3 It features nearly 30 plowing teams, antique tractors, food booths and music.

1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique v. vi. 667 His tooles and implements, for to be vsed in plowing time.

a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 418 Vexed to see such waste made upon their estates, in plowing time especially.

1896 H. E. Manning in Catholic Mag. Mar. 187 The next three or four years of your life..are like the ploughing-time and the sowing-time in the year.

1932 Econ. Geogr. 8 177/2 Capricious rainfall and devastating dry winds..sweep over the great plains at plowing time in early spring.

2003 Aviation Week & Space Technol. (Nexis) 24 Mar. 64 In the field itself, bits of plexiglass, aluminum and steel still rise to the surface every spring at plowing time.

1715 G. Clerke Landed-man's Assistant 15 For a Due-day yearly 6 d. and for three Plowing-days 12 s. 6 d. yearly.

1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm III. 1324 The ploughing of the fallow-break,..if done by hired labour, will cost 8s. per acre, but if done by the goodwill of neighbours in a ‘ploughing-day’, which is the custom of the country [etc.].

1868 J. C. Atkinson Gloss. Cleveland Dial. Ploughing-day, the day on which the farmer who has taken a new farm asks, and receives, the assistance of his neighbours' Draughts in getting the necessary ploughing done.

1911 M. C. F. Morris Yorks. Folk-talk (ed. 2) 354 Ploughing-day, the day on which neighbouring farmers assist a new tenant of a farm in ploughing his land for him.

1994 A. Kellett Yorks. Dict. 139/1 Ploughing Day, former custom of farmers meeting to welcome a newcomer by giving a free day's ploughing.

1625 T. G. Answer to Withers Motto sig. E7 Autumne yeelds a vintage, and prepares The plowing ground with other worldlie cares.

1638 in Rec. Colony Rhode Island (1856) I. 56 10 acres of plowing Ground.

1755 in New Jersey Archives XIX. 483 The whole is good Meadow and Plowing Ground.

1852 ‘E. Wetherell’ Queechy I. xviii. 256 Miriam told them the way to Seth's ploughing ground.

2001 Farming News (Nexis) 12 Apr. 22 We tried the machine out on some ploughing ground at the firm's test track.

1674 in J. H. Trumbull Public Rec. Colony of Connecticut (1852) II. 225 There is about six hundred acres of meadow and plowing land lying on both sides of ye riuer.

1729 J. Gee Trade & Navigation Great-Britain xxix. 83 The Ground, if laid down, will recover itself again with out the Charge of manuring, as we do here, to the very great Damage of our ploughing Lands.

1891 New Eng. Mag. Oct. 161/1 A few years later, feeling the necessity for more good ploughing land and accessible fencing stuff, the majority of the colonists determined upon removal.

1977 B. Head Collector of Treasures 1 Although the people were given their own ploughing lands, they had no authority to plough them without the chief's order.

2003 Irish Independent (Nexis) 22 July The package for the championships revolves around..200 acres of ideal ploughing land for more than 20 competitions.

1793 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. VII. 102 With a view of exciting emulation among their plowmen, they have begun to have annual plowing matches, at which premiums are given to those that excel.

1812 J. Sinclair Acct. Syst. Husbandry Scotl. i. 196 The original ploughing matches were warmly patronized by Mr. Erskine of Mar.

1949 E. Blunden After Bombing 41 Here was a set of anglers, there the ploughing-match.

1994 Hanover (Ont.) Post 28 June c4/2 For the first time in many years of plowing matches, there will be a display of the industry of the area.