furrow soil. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
furrow one's brow. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The furrow is then filled in, so that the seeds may be covered to the same depth as their own thickness; and the earth is slightly pressed down, and afterwards raked over. From Wordnik.com. [The Lady's Country Companion: or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally] Reference
The man who treads the furrow is a greater factor than nitrogen or potash. From Wordnik.com. [Chapters in Rural Progress] Reference
Now for the manner of sowing your Pease, you shall sow them aboue furrow, that is, first plough the land vpward, then immediately sow your. From Wordnik.com. [The English Husbandman The First Part: Contayning the Knowledge of the true Nature of euery Soyle within this Kingdome: how to Plow it; and the manner of the Plough, and other Instruments] Reference
The shrinking of the last part to become solid is further shown by the collapse of the surface of the ingot where weakest; that is, a furrow is formed on the flat surface. From Wordnik.com. [A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.] Reference
She had cried a great deal, had shed real tears, tears such as furrow the cheek. From Wordnik.com. [Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11] Reference
The furlong or long "furrow" is the distance which a team of oxen can plough conveniently without stopping to rest. From Wordnik.com. [The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In] Reference
They are always here, even in the winter, starlings and blackbirds particularly, who resort to a kind of furrow there, which, even in frost, seems to afford them some food. From Wordnik.com. [The Toilers of the Field] Reference
"furrow," and his stories brought the distant plains country very near. From Wordnik.com. [The Eagle's Heart] Reference
(A furrow is a shallow trench.). From Wordnik.com. [Three Acres and Liberty] Reference
With crops the furrow loads, and bursts the barns. From Wordnik.com. [The Georgics] Reference
I could feel a real furrow spreading across my brow. From Wordnik.com. [A Body Divided, 4] Reference
My emotions muct be translating to the furrow in my brow. From Wordnik.com. [Socializing is Agony] Reference
You see this self-steering device down here in the furrow. From Wordnik.com. [Hidden Treasure] Reference
I can feel my brow furrow, my face becoming almost expressionless. From Wordnik.com. [The Animal Cracker Incident (Part 1)] Reference
"Better turn your team out of the furrow, Bob," advised the banker. From Wordnik.com. [Hidden Treasure] Reference
You will close your eyes and think of his hand grazing the furrow of your hip. From Wordnik.com. [Character Witness] Reference
Thousands of highways and railroads furrow the earth, and pierce the mountains. From Wordnik.com. [The Conquest of Bread] Reference
"Every time we hit a new furrow I thought we were going to break down," confessed Tom. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scout Automobilists or, Jack Danby in the Woods] Reference
The crow's feet of sorrow furrow the corners of his eyes, which are stern, but not angry. From Wordnik.com. [When the Birds Begin to Sing] Reference
"I'd like to try it myself," and he guided the horses along the fence for the first furrow. From Wordnik.com. [Hidden Treasure] Reference
Big Ivan stopped at the end of the furrow and tried to discover what had brought the Dream. From Wordnik.com. [Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day] Reference
It will hew strictly to the up-close-and-personal furrow that Arledge first hoed decades ago. From Wordnik.com. [Rings Master] Reference
The child says not a word -- she trembles, she weeps, she quivers like a partridge in a furrow. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
He is wide-awake on the far-off field where the isolated missionary is ploughing his lonely furrow. From Wordnik.com. [My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year] Reference
Bryde was at his furrow again when Hugh joined us with his very braw clothes, and he was a little dour-looking. From Wordnik.com. [The McBrides A Romance of Arran] Reference
There was a tightness there that you could tell even now, would develop into a serious furrow of lines later on. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Dreams of Reality, 6] Reference
When wrinkles furrow the brow of the young men, we may confidently say that the finger of a tyrant has hollowed them out. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
"Now, you see, we make a long drill like this," John explained as he took the drill and made a furrow in the soft ground. From Wordnik.com. [The Bobbsey Twins in the Country] Reference
A storm crossed her face, as when the icy winds of winter furrow the waves and clouds swoop down to wed the foaming main. From Wordnik.com. [Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus] Reference
As we sat looking at him the noon whistle from the village blew and the wise old horses stopped in the middle of a furrow. From Wordnik.com. [Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day] Reference
He plowed each furrow a foot or more deep, so as to outline the edges of the trench and keep the top as narrow as possible. From Wordnik.com. [Hidden Treasure] Reference
They render the soil also unequal in respect to moisture, because the back or top of the ridge must always be drier than the furrow. From Wordnik.com. [Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles] Reference
If the land is plowed in Autumn, it is best to back-furrow on to the drains, leaving dead furrows half way between them, the first season. From Wordnik.com. [Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles] Reference
Once the crops are planted in Europe's fields, they argue, the foreign genes, borne by pollen, will insinuate themselves into every furrow and seedling. From Wordnik.com. [SMOKING GRASS] Reference
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