Knight's American mechanical dictionary : a description of tools, instruments, machines, processes and engineering, history of inventions, general technological vocabulary ; and digest of mechanical appliances in science and the arts . Plow- Cleaner. plement by which the plowman may rid the plow ofchoking weeds, or the share of accumulated .soil. Or, a vibrating clearer pivoted to the beam andoperated by a handle to remove weeds from the frontof the sheth. Plow-clevis. The stin-up-shaped piece on thenose of a plow-beam, having three loops, in either of Fig. Plow- Clevis. which the open
Knight's American mechanical dictionary : a description of tools, instruments, machines, processes and engineering, history of inventions, general technological vocabulary ; and digest of mechanical appliances in science and the arts . Plow- Cleaner. plement by which the plowman may rid the plow ofchoking weeds, or the share of accumulated .soil. Or, a vibrating clearer pivoted to the beam andoperated by a handle to remove weeds from the frontof the sheth. Plow-clevis. The stin-up-shaped piece on thenose of a plow-beam, having three loops, in either of Fig. Plow- Clevis. which the open ring of the double-tree may be placed, acionling to tlie de|ith of furrow desired. Plow-head. The clevis of a plow. That partto which the draft is attached. The ^nuzzle or bri-dle. The latter are names by which the clevis isknown in Britain. Plow-point. A detachable share at the extremefront end of the plow-boily, forming an apex to thejunction of the mold-board, .sole, and landside. Plowshare. (Agriculture.) a. The portion ofa plow wliich cuts the slice loose below. The coltermakes the vertical cut seveiing the slice from theland. The jnold-hoard raises the slice and turns itover on edge. See Fig. 3831. b. A triangular or heart-shaped blade on a shovel-plow to turn the earth over ; and used in tendingcrops to throw the earth up to the stems of theplants. See Shovkl-plow.
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